An applicant for extension of time to appeal a criminal conviction who was advised by trial counsel that there was no appealable error and who instructed counsel not to appeal has not shown good reason for the delay. Inconsistencies in evidence that were fully explored at trial, in cross-examination, addresses and summing up, and on which the jury was properly directed, do not establish that a proposed appeal has prospects of success.
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