I would reverse and grant a hearing on the question of deprivation of right to appeal because of failure of counsel to advise him of such right to appeal the 1947 conviction. At the time the defendant was 19 years of age, apparently without funds; the attorney was hired by his parents; according to the defendant, the attorney was "a Civil Suit lawyer who had not the slightest idea of the gravity of...
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