Williams v. Oklahoma City, 395 U.S. 458 (1969)

Williams v. Oklahoma City


No. 841


Argued April 1-2, 1969
Decided June 9, 1969
395 U.S. 458

CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF OKLAHOMA

Syllabus

The denial to petitioner, an indigent who was convicted of drunken driving, of a copy at public expense of the trial transcript which he needed to perfect an appeal, to which he was entitled "as a matter of right" under Oklahoma law, is a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

439 P.2d 965, reversed and remanded.