Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of Grady v. Schneckloth

Petitioner, now serving a term in the penitentiary for the crime of robbery, invokes the original jurisdiction of this court in habeas corpus upon the sole ground that Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U. S. 12, 100 L. Ed. 891, 76 S. Ct. 585, requires the state to furnish him, free, a stenographic transcript of the entire proceedings at his trial for his proposed statement of facts on appeal. The Illinois law required the complete trial minutes as a prerequisite to appeal, but that is not so here. No showing is attempted of any necessity for such a statement of facts. In fact, no claim of necessity is…