What are the implications of the Court of Appeal's decision in favour of reducing the burden of providing transcripts to financially disadvantaged defendants?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Magezis v. Municipal Court, 3 Cal.3d 54, 473 P.2d 353, 88 Cal.Rptr. 713 (Cal. 1970):
The majority in essence seek to avoid the expenses of supplying transcripts to financially disadvantaged defendants by shifting the burden to already overburdened lawyers required to serve with little or no compensation. (See Hardy v. United States (1963) 375 U.S. 277, 290, 84 S.Ct. 424, 11 L.Ed.2d 331 (concurring opn. of Goldberg, J.).)
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