In any appeal in a criminal action, where it appears to the trial court that the accused is without funds with which to defray the costs of securing a transcript of the evidence, or printing the briefs and the appendices to the briefs, such costs shall be defrayed by the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-151
Cost of transcript and printing on appeal
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Leslie v. Matzkin (1971)
Most recently applied in Leslie v. Matzkin (November 1971)
(1949 Rev., S. 8850; 1957, P.A. 17; 1967, P.A. 421, S. 1.) History: 1967 act deleted language restricting section to appeals to the supreme court.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.