GRIFFIN V. ILLINOIS
351 U.S. 12 (1956)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was an appeal from a conviction for armed robbery and a dispute over getting copies of the trial transcripts for that appeal.
FACTS: Griffin and Crenshaw (Ds) were convicted of armed robbery and appealed. They asked for a certified copy of the court transcripts to be supplied to them for free as they were poor persons who had no means of paying the necessary required fees for such a transcript. The transcript was necessary for an appeal and there was no dispute that Ds had no money to pay for the transcript. Their motion to supply the transcript was denied without a hearing. Ds then filed a petition under a Post-Conviction Hearing Act that did provide free transcripts but only for constitutional issues but not for alleged trial errors such as admissibility and sufficiency of evidence. Ds claimed a violation of equal protection and due process of law. The Illinois Supreme Court dismissed the petition. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.
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