Wise v. Skinner

Nichols, Chief Justice.

This is a pro se appeal from an order overruling Wise’s petition for mandamus seeking to require the Clerk of the Carroll County Superior Court to furnish him with a copy of the trial transcript of his armed robbery conviction.

"There must be some justification or showing of necessity beyond a mere naked demand for a transcript. While there is a basic right to a free transcript to perfect a timely direct appeal, there is no absolute right to a free transcript just so the prisoner may have it, and some justification for use in a habeas corpus or related proceeding must be…