Legal Opinion
State v. Gill
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 21, 1975PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtPaolino, J.
This case is before us pursuant to G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §9-24-27 on certification from the District ’Court of a question of doubt and importance, namely:1
“Whether the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution mandates that the State provide a stenographer and transcript without cost to indigent defendants in criminal trials in the District Court for the State of Rhode Island.”
For the reasons that follow, we answer this question in the negative.
On February 6, 1973, -criminal charges were preferred *161against Stephen J. Gill arising out of his…
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