Sanders v. State

CATES, Judge.

Sanders sought a free transcript to appeal from a first degree forgery conviction with a thirteen year prison term.

The trial judge turned Sanders down January 25, 1963. The order states the petition does not comply with law; also that Sanders has no meritorious "defense.”

March 18, 1963, a divided court handed down Draper v. Washington, 372 U.S. 487, 83 S.Ct. 774, 9 L.Ed. 899. In view of the possible nugatory effect1 of this decision upon all or part of our “Griffin v. Illinois [351 U.S. 12, 76 S.Ct. 585, 100 L.Ed. 891]” statute (Act No. 62 of Sept. 15, 1961), we remand the cause…