Bray v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Appellants Gordon, Steven and Robert Bray (brothers) and Carl Whitley were convicted of an undesignated crime in the Superior Court of Cherokee County. It appears that the trial continued for a period of six days and a trial record and transcript developed of some volume. Evidence was submitted that the costs of a transcript would run from $2,000 to $3,000. The four appellants filed a motion in forma pauperis requesting that they be furnished a free transcript as provided in Code Ann. § 24-3413 in order to perfect their direct appeal. The state prosecutor filed a traverse to…