Pope v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

First Degree Murder. Sentence: Life Imprisonment.

The appellant was convicted July 31, 1975, and filed notice of appeal. Sentence was not suspended pending appeal. Pope was adjudged an indigent both at trial and on appeal. The trial court directed the court reporter to prepare an original transcript and three copies and estimated the court reporter’s fee to be $400, pursuant to Section 7, Act No. 525, Acts of Alabama 1963, approved September 16, 1963 [Title 15, Section 380(20)].

The case was submitted to this Court on the record proper without the court reporter’s transcript of…