Boddie v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 5, 1989

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1989-12-05

Relies on United States v. MacCollom · Gay v. Farley

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Decided 1989-12-05

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Gregory, Justice.

¶1Appellant Dan Boddie, pro se, appeals from the denial of his action for a writ of mandamus to compel the State to provide him with a copy of the record of his original conviction. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the writ because there is no absolute constitutional or statutory right to a transcript for use in a collateral attack on a conviction. United States v. MacCollom, 426 U. S. 317 (96 SC 2086, 48 LE2d 666) (1976); Judge v. State, 255 Ga. 174 (338 SE2d 282) (1985).

¶2Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.