William Edmonds and Pamela Edmonds, Individually and as Next Friend on Behalf of A.B., C.B., and M.B. v. Matthew Brown

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• voiding state law that arbitrarily granted transcripts to indigents only at the public defender's request
• invalidating to appointed counsel. Accordingly, even those post-AEDPA state procedure whereby meaningful appeal was possible Sixth Circuit decisions considering the nature of 26(B) only if public defender requested a transcript
• striking down Indiana law that only public defender could obtain free transcript of hearing on coram nobis application; thus, if public defender declined to request one, indigent could not obtain a transcript
• only the appellate tribunal, and not appointed counsel, may ultimately adjudge the worthiness of an indigent defendant's appeal
• inability to pay for transcript cannot hinder appeal from denial of petition for writ of error coram nobis
• public defender’s decision whether to provide a transcript is final when it is sought for use in a post-conviction proceeding

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