SMITH, Justice.
Applicant James Blackshear filed an appeal from the superior court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We granted an application and now reverse the trial court's denial of the writ and also reverse the applicant's conviction.
The general rule is that "the repeal of a criminal statute abate[s] all prosecutions which [have] not reached final disposition in the highest court authorized to review them..." Bassett v...
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