APPELLATE PRACTICE – Dismissal of Appeal – Want of Diligent Prosecution – Court Not Obliged to Sift Valid Grounds from Invalid Ones in a Mixed Brief

The court is not obliged to sift valid grounds from invalid ones in a "mixed grill" brief containing both. Performing a surgical operation to extract good grounds from bad ones would involve the court descending into the arena and beclouding its judgment. The court's role…