Haynes v. State

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Rape: sentence, twenty-five years.

Appellant has moved us to reverse the conviction because the court reporter without good causes delayed the preparation of the transcript of evidence. He does allege that the evidence transcript which was tardily filed was substantially incorrect.

Our Federal courts have taken to offering our State prosecutors (1) new trials, (2) “out of time” appeals or (3) habeas corpus discharges.1 No consideration seems to be given as to what would be a reasonable time for an appellate court to act. By analogy to the speedy trial case of Barker v.…