Bruner v. STATE EX REL. DIST. COURT, OKLAHOMA CTY.

ORDER ASSUMING JURISDICTION AND DIRECTING A HEARING

The question to be resolved in this case is where a defendant has retained counsel for appeal, can he be provided a trial transcript at State expense? This is a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus to compel the District Court of Oklahoma County to provide petitioner with a transcript at public expense after the petitioner’s application was denied.

Title 20 O.S.Supp.1977, § 106.4, provides a transcript be furnished at State expense for the purpose of appealing a criminal conviction. The petitioner must present an affidavit to the trial court that…