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Eskridge v. Washington Prison Bd., 357 U.S. 214 (1958)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Eskridge v. Washington Prison Bd., 357 U.S. 214 (1958)
Eskridge v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms and Parole No. 96 Argued May 19, 1958 Decided June 16, 1958 357 U.S. 214
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON
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The Constitution of the State of Washington gives the accused in a criminal prosecution a right to appeal in all cases, and a state law authorizes the furnishing of a stenographic transcript of trial proceedings to an indigent defendant at public expense, if, in the opinion of the trial judge, "justice will thereby be promoted." Alleging substantial errors in his trial for murder, petitioner moved in 1935 for a free transcript, but it was denied. The State Supreme Court denied petitioner a writ of mandate directing the trial judge to furnish the transcript, and dismissed petitioner’s appeal for failure to file a transcript. In 1956, petitioner applied to the State Supreme Court for habeas corpus, charging that failure to furnish the free transcript had violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, but the writ was denied.
Held: Petitioner was denied his constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment; the judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings. Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.S. 12. Pp. 214-216.
Reversed and remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Eskridge v. Washington Prison Bd., 357 U.S. 214 (1958) in 357 U.S. 214 Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JY2ZQF6W3DB1JLM.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Eskridge v. Washington Prison Bd., 357 U.S. 214 (1958), in 357 U.S. 214, Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JY2ZQF6W3DB1JLM.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Eskridge v. Washington Prison Bd., 357 U.S. 214 (1958). cited in 1958, 357 U.S. 214. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JY2ZQF6W3DB1JLM.
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