Legal Opinion

Route v. Blackburn

District Court, M.D. Louisiana

Decided October 15, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-119-APublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.

Willie Route, Jr., an inmate of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, has filed this action using a habeas corpus application form. Applicant was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. His request is that this Court order the state to provide him with a free transcript of his trial on account of his indigency. The record discloses that the Louisiana district court and the Louisiana Supreme Court have both rejected the request by Route for a free transcript.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. United States v. MacCollomSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Smith v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Lane v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Harold Lee Jones v. Superintendent, Virginia State FarmCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Escobar v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1993
  2. Eubanks v. Mullin, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)1995
  3. State Ex Rel. Joseph v. StateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
  4. Jackson v. ParishDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2019

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