Kennedy v. State, 34806

Decision Date22 April 1960
Docket NumberNo. 34806,34806
Citation170 Neb. 348,102 N.W.2d 620
PartiesEdward D. KENNEDY, also known as Edward Kennedy, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Nebraska, Defendant in Error.
CourtNebraska Supreme Court

Syllabus by the Court.

The poverty affidavit of a defendant in a criminal case, filed under the provisions of section 24-342, R.S.Supp.1959, in order to obtain a bill of exceptions at the cost of the county, must be filed within the same period of time as is provided by our rules for the ordering of the bill of exceptions, that is, within 1 calendar month after the rendition of the judgment or making of the final order complained of.

Jack L. Spence, Omaha, for plaintiff in error.

Clarence S. Beck, Atty. Gen., B. L. Packett, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Heard before CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, CHAPPELL, WENKE, and BOSLAUGH, JJ.

WENKE, Justice.

This cause was submitted on two motions. On March 25, 1960, our opinion was released disposing thereof. See Kennedy v. State, 170 Neb. 193, 101 N.W.2d 853. On the same day Edward D. Kennedy, plaintiff in error and defendant below, filed a supplemental transcript in this court. It discloses that on March 18, 1960, he filed a poverty affidavit in the district court for Douglas County wherein he asked that court 'for an order directing the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County to order a Bill of Exceptions and tax the costs of the preparation thereof to Douglas County * * *.' This request the district court denied on March 21, 1960.

It appears from the supplemental transcript that no objections were made to plaintiff in error's affidavit, which was in the form of an application. It stands uncontradicted. Plaintiff in error contends, in view of our holdings in Fisher v. State, 153 Neb. 226, 43 N.W.2d 600, that the trial court therefore erred in denying his application for the order requested. He requests we overrule the trial court's order doing so and direct the clerk to have the official court reporter prepare a bill of exceptions for him at the expense of Douglas County.

Section 24-342, R.S.Supp.1959, under and pursuant to which plaintiff in error filed his poverty affidavit in the form of an application, does not provide when it shall be filed. However our rules, which have been in effect since September 28, 1959, provide, in criminal cases, 'that it (bill of exceptions) shall be ordered within the period of time allowed for the filing of the petition in error in the Supreme Court.' Rules of the Supreme Court, 1960, Rule 7h, p. 9. Section 25-1931, R.R.S.1943, provides 'one calendar month' for this purpose.

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  • Kennedy v. Sigler
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit
    • 12 Julio 1968
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