Rogers v. Wood

Hunstein, Justice.

Rogers, a prisoner incarcerated at the state penitentiary in Reidsville, filed in conjunction with his Tattnall County habeas corpus petition a mandamus action in Hall County, where he had been convicted,1 seeking an order to compel the court reporter to provide him with a copy of his trial transcript and other court records. The trial court found that the trial transcript and record had previously been provided during Rogers’ direct appeal from his conviction, and denied the request for additional free copies, noting that Rogers could obtain further copies by paying the…