What is the test for obtaining a transcript of a criminal trial for an indigent criminal defendant?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, C079484 (Cal. App. 2020):
Dueas also cited Griffin v. Illinois (1956) 351 U.S. 12 [100 L.Ed. 891], which concluded that due process and equal protection guaranteed an indigent criminal defendant a free transcript of trial proceedings in order to provide that defendant with access to a court of review, where he would receive an adequate and effective examination of his criminal conviction. (Id. at p. 16.)
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