Johnny Alvin Wilson v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a criminal defendant must be given only so much of the trial transcript as may pertain to the particular issues on appeal
• invalidating state procedure providing for free transcript only for a defendant who could satisfy the trial judge that his appeal was not frivolous
• explaining that state is not required to expend funds unnecessarily for stenographic transcripts of criminal trial proceedings where part or all of transcript is not germane to consideration of appeal
• rejecting statute which provided a transcript only if trial judge determined that appeal was not frivolous
• rejecting statute which provided a transcript only if trial judge determined that appeal was not frivolous
• invalidating state procedure providing for free transcript only for a defendant who could satisfy the trial judge that his appeal was not frivolous

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