State v. Armstrong

Defendant, appellant herein, filed an affidavit of indigency and a motion for the appointment of counsel and for an order providing the transcript of the record and a bill of exceptions at public expense.

Upon hearing, we found defendant to be indigent and appointed counsel for him for his appeal. His motion for an order providing the transcript of the record and a bill of exceptions is one of several similar motions before this court, and we have decided to review the applicable law on the issue of providing a transcript of the record and a bill of exceptions to an indigent defendant in a…