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Castillo v. State

Citations

  • 595 S.W.2d 552
  • 1980 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1145

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the defendant had managed to retain counsel but determining that defendant could not pay for a transcription of the court reporter’s notes
  • discussing entitlement to an appellate record for defendants indigent at the time of appeal
  • appellant managed to retain appellate counsel, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals determined that he could not pay for the record
  • “a year has passed since the hearing was held on appellant’s motion for a free record and there is always the possibility that his employment situation and financial condition have improved”
  • “a year has passed since the hearing was held on appellant’s motion for a free record and there is always the possibility that his employment situation and financial condition have improved”
  • “If the trial court is placed on notice that there may have been such a change that would alter his indigent status, the trial court may hold a hearing to take such circumstances into consideration.”

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Judges: Douglas, Roberts, Clinton

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