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43 Ala. App. 58

Simpson v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided October 13, 1965

Alabama Court of Appeals · decided 1965-10-13

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently November 1984

2 state decisions

Relies on Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Draper v. Washington · Lane v. Brown

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Decided 1965-10-13

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CATES, Judge.

¶1This appeal submitted September 30, 1965, is from a judgment of the circuit court which refused to allow Simpson a free transcript of evidence to implement his appeal in a coram nobis case.

¶2. The appellant aptly cites Cooper v. Alabama, 375 U.S. 23, 84 S.Ct. 84, 11 L.Ed.2d 43, for reversal.

¶3’ The Attorney General has neglected to filé any brief or confession of error.

¶4I.

¶5January 15, 1965, the trial court determined that Simpson was “unable to employ an attorney to represent him.”

¶6March 26, 1965, the court after an extensive opinion ordered that Simpson’s coram nobis petition be denied.

¶7On April 6, Simpson, pro se, filed with the circuit clerk his notice of appeal from the March 26 judgment, and a motion for a free transcript of the evidence.

¶8On April 23 the court entered two orders: the first order (construed in the light of the second) granted Simpson’s motion for a transcript of the record proper; the second order denied Simpson’s motion for a free transcript of the evidence.

¶9Simpson also noted an appeal from this-second order.

¶10II.

¶11Under Lane v. Brown, 372 U.S. 477, 83 S.Ct. 768, 9 L.Ed.2d 892, a State must (as under Griffin v. People of State of Illinois, 351 U.S. 12, 76 S.Ct. 585, 100 L.Ed. 891, for direct appeals) give a pauper prisoner a full transcript of evidence or its substantial equivalent on appeal from a post conviction hearing.

¶12Though we suspect that the trial judge correctly relied on the principle of decision in McIntosh v. Commonwealth, Ky., 368 S.W.2d 331, nevertheless Lane v. Brown, supra, Draper v. State of Washington, 372 U.S. 487, 83 S.Ct. 774, 9 L.Ed.2d 899, compel us to remand. See Lott v. State, 276 Ala. 227, 160 So.2d 636; and Ex parte Hable, 278 Ala. 11, 174 So.2d 689.

¶13III.

¶14As was done in Hamilton v. State, 42 Ala. App. 628, 174 So.2d 790, we remand for supplementation of the record so as to be able to consider the merits of the judgment denying the writ of error coram nobis.

¶15The time from April 23, 1965, will be excluded from the running of the time for filing which would otherwise obtain. Chase v. Page, 10 Cir., 343 F.2d 167. The transcript of evidence will come up as under Supreme Court Rule 48.

¶16Remanded with directions.

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