Sales v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged by accusation with theft by taking (shoplifting), a misdemeanor. By motion, alleging his inability to pay due to poverty, defendant requested that the proceeding in the trial court be recorded at the expense of the state. This motion was denied. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and defendant appeals, solely ^enumerating as error that the trial court abused its discretion "in not requiring the reporting and transcription of the evidence and proceedings at the trial of an indigent defendant.”

Argued October 31, 1979 — Decided November 30,…