Snoke v. State

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• recognizing possibility that appellant’s financial situation may change due to passage of time
• the defendant at an indigency hearing bears an initial burden to go forward with evidence to substantiate his sworn allegation of indigency
• once a defendant makes a prima facie showing of indigency, he is entitled to court-appointed counsel unless the State offers evidence to rebut the claim
• defendant's showing of indigence \has not been substantively undermined by the State\
• “If a defendant is to perfect a meaningful appeal, he must be denied neither the record nor the services of counsel merely because he cannot afford them.”
• “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”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).