Case Name: Miller v. State of Indiana
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1957-05-27
Citations: 236 Ind. 704
Docket Number: No. 29,526
Parties: Miller v. State of Indiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 236
Pages: 704–705

Head Matter:
Miller v. State of Indiana.
[No. 29,526.
Filed May 27, 1957.]
Willie Miller, pro se.
Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, and Robert M. O’Mahoney, Deputy Attorney General, for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The rule is now well established that a petition for a belated appeal must not only show cause for the delay but ". . . there must be a . . . prima facie showing made of merit to the appeal." Ewbank's Indiana Criminal Law, §541, p. 351, and cases cited.
Petitioner states as a conclusion "that there is a prima facie showing made of merits," but fails completely to state any facts by which the merit of such appeal might be ascertained.
The petition is therefore dismissed.
Note. — Reported in 142 N. E. 2d 432.