Populus v. State

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Robbery: sentence ten years.

I

Populus was tried and convicted, gave notice of appeal, received a stay of execution with bond fixed at $7,000.00 which he apparently has been unable to post. The verdict, judgment and sentence were all on June 25, 1969.

The record was not filed here until May 2, 1972. The interval of thirty-four months was consumed by the need for eighteen separate orders granting the court reporter extensions of additional time in which to file his transcription of the testimony.

Appellant, for aught that appears in the record before us, did not petition the…