Stalling v. State

Ingram, Justice.

In this appeal, the appellant, an indigent prisoner in the State Penitentiary, contests the dismissal of his petition for mandamus filed in Floyd Superior Court in which an order was sought compelling the clerk of the court to furnish to him a copy of the record and transcript of trial proceedings in which he was a party. The petition does not indicate the trial proceedings of which he sought a copy nor was there disclosed whether the materials were necessary in prosecuting an appeal then pending in the appellate courts, or whether they related to prior appellate proceedings.

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