Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Bernard v. CRIM. DIST. COURT SECTION" J"
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 28, 1995No. 94-KH-2247PublishedCited by 459 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
653 So.2d 1174 (1995)
STATE ex rel. Alex W. BERNARD
v.
CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT SECTION "J".
No. 94-KH-2247.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 28, 1995.
2Per curiam
Writ granted. The judgment of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal denying relator relief is affirmed for the reasons that follow.
This Court's jurisprudence requires lower courts to provide indigent inmates with copies of certain types of documents as of right. State ex rel. Simmons v. State, 93-0175 (La. 12/16/94), 647 So.2d 1094. As to all other documents, an indigent inmate has the constitutional right to free copies only in those instances in which…
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