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· 6/16/1958

Eskridge v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms & Paroles

Citations

  • 357 U.S. 214
  • 78 S. Ct. 1061
  • 2 L. Ed. 2d 1269
  • 1958 U.S. LEXIS 820

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that \[t]he conclusion of the trial judge that there was no reversible error in the trial cannot be an adequate substitute for the right to full appellate review available to all defendants . . . who can afford the expense of a transcript\
  • giving retroactivity to Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.S. 12, 76 S.Ct. 585, 100 L.Ed. 891 (1956)
  • Washington Supreme Court could not deny indigent defendant's motion for a free transcript
  • reaffirming that States must afford indigent defendants adequate appellate review
  • provision of trial transcript may not be conditioned on approval of judge
  • provision of trial transcript may not be conditioned on approval of judge

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Judges: Harlan, Whittaker, Griffin, Frankfurter

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