· 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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