Shaw v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for unlawfully using profane and obscene language over a telephone. The punishment was assessed by the court at a fine of $100.-00.

Appellant contends, among other things, that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because of the failure of trial counsel to secure a transcript of the court reporter’s notes for the record on appeal.

On the day appellant was sentenced he gave notice of appeal to this Court.

The court reporter died some three weeks after notice of appeal was given. A motion to secure a transcript of the court reporter’s…