Legal Opinion
Wayne K. Patterson, Warden of the Colorado State Reformatory, and Harry C. Tinsley, Warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary v. Ellsworth Medberry
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1961No. 6594_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
The issue presented in this habeas corpus proceeding concerns the effect of the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution when a state refuses to supply an indigent defendant a free transcript of the trial proceedings necessary for an adequate review of a conviction in a murder case.
Medberry was convicted of murder in the first degree in June, 1939. He filed a motion for a new trial alleging numerous errors in the trial of his case, an appellate review of which would require a transcript of the trial proceedings.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Smith v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Eskridge v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms & ParolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Burns v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- White v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
- Robert Glen Sutton and Paul S. Sutton v. Russell E. Lash, Warden, Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Boggess v. MorrisUtah Supreme Court · 1981
- State Ex Rel. Kennedy v. BolesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
- The PEOPLE v. NorvellIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
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