Willoughby v. State

This is an original action brought by petitioner to compel the Delaware Circuit Court to supply appellant with a complete certified transcript of the trial proceedings so that he may perfect an appeal. Petitioner also asks that the Public Defender be not permitted to intervene in the case without his expressed consent.

A similar situation arose in State ex rel. Casey v. Murray (1952), 231 Ind. 74, 76, 106 N. E. 2d 911, in which the court denied the appellant’s writ by stating:. . that since the state had created the office of Public Defender to represent pauper prisoners after the regular time…