Mr. Justice Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner was convicted of murder in the Illinois courts in 1941 and sentenced to 199 years in prison. Though indigent, he had a lawyer at the trial/ On the date of the sentence the docket entry reads: “Defendant Willie Norvell’s motion for allowance of 90 days’ time in which to prepare and file his bill of exceptions allowed.” Pres…
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