Johnson v. State

The appellant was convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore as a second offender against the narcotics laws. Asserting that he was indigent, he duly moved for a new trial before the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City and requested a free transcript of the testimony at his trial. Rule 30 (C-l) of the Supreme Bench requires one convicted in the Criminal Courts of Baltimore to file the original and three copies of the transcript of the testimony as a condition precedent to the hearing of his motion for a new trial. See Majority Opinion of Supreme Bench in Jackson v. State, Daily Record of March…