NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It has now been officially ruled that convicted murderer Perry March is too poor to pay for his own appeals.

VIDEO: Judge Declares March Too Poor To Pay For Appeals

Judge Steve Dozier ruled Tuesday on March's indigency request as well as the 39 reasons why March says he deserves a new trial.

In court, the district attorney showed documents that March was planning on opening a bank account in Belize with an opening deposit of $100,000.

The documents also showed a plan to deposit $2,000 a week beginning six years ago.

The DA also presented taped conversations where March hinted to his wife that he had serious money stashed away.

However, Dozier said that evidence wasn't enough, and suggested March may have money stashed, but it did not prove anything.

The judge wrote the following in Tuesday’s ruling:

"There has been no showing to the court that the defendant has access to any of the funds or that they even exist."

If there are assets in Perry and Carmen March's name, the court cannot order Carmen March, who is living in Mexico, to liquidate assets to fund March's appeal.

On a separate issue, March's lawyers offered 39 reasons for a mistrial.

This included everything from allowing inmate Nathan Farris’ testimony into court to Dozier's frustrated "Jiminy Christmas" comment that he uttered at one point in the trial.

Dozier said that the trial may not have been perfect, but it was conducted at a high level and there would not be a new murder trial.

The judge was not expected to grant March a new trial, but he first had to ask the judge for a new trial before beginning an appeal.

An appeal will now cost thousands and likely take a couple of years.