Seals v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from an order denying a petition for a free transcript of the case in which petitioner was sentenced to a term of life in the penitentiary. The prayer of the petition was made “pursuant to (Title 15, Section 380(8)),” which was repealed four and one-half months before petitioner’s adjudication of guilt and over five months before this petition was filed. However, the trial court considered the case under the applicable and pertinent statute, Act No. 525, Acts of 1963, Vol. II, p. 1129, listed in *655the pocket part of the 1958 Recompiled Code as Tit. 15, § 380(14)…