Hawkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. ““It is well settled that a statute requiring the payment of certain fees for a transcript of a preliminary hearing in a criminal case, as applied to deny a free transcript to an indigent, violates the equal protection clause of the Federal Constitution. See Waters v. State, Okl.Cr., 454 P.2d 325 and Roberts v. LaVallee, 389 U.S. 40 , 88 S.Ct. 194 , 19 L. Ed.2d 41 ,” «* * * “The purpose of the rule enunciated in Waters v. State and Roberts v. LaVallee, supra, was to accord an indigent the same right to a transcript of the testimony taken at preliminary examination as that accorded to persons able to pay for such transcript, in order that they might properly prepare for trial. When the defendant was provided with a transcript in the instant case, a sufficient length of time prior to trial in order to prepare his defense, the object of the rule was fulfilled. Should counsel for defendant in any future case make a timely request for the transcript of the preliminary examination at public expense in order to prepare for trial, and be denied the same by the trial judge, he should forthwith seek a Writ of Mandamus in this Court prior to trial, directing the preparation of the same.” (Emphasis added.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. State · Faison v. Zahradnick