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Rinaldi v. Yeager, 384 U.S. 305 (1966)
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Rinaldi v. Yeager, 384 U.S. 305 (1966)
Rinaldi v. Yeager No. 940 Argued April 21, 1966 Decided May 31, 1966 384 U.S. 305
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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Appellant was convicted of a criminal offense in New Jersey and sentenced to prison. At his request, the county furnished him with a trial transcript in connection with his in forma pauperis appeal. The appeal proved unsuccessful. His prison pay was withheld to reimburse the county for the cost of the transcript under a statute providing for reimbursement from the institutional earnings of an unsuccessful criminal appellant. The statute requires no such repayment from an unsuccessful appellant given a suspended sentence, placed on probation, or sentenced only to pay a fine. A three-judge Federal District Court rejected appellant’s claim that the statute is unconstitutional.
Held: A state statute requiring an unsuccessful appellant to repay the cost of a transcript used in preparing his appeal which applies only to one incarcerated, but not to others, constitutes invidious discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 308-311.
238 F.Supp. 960, reversed and remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Rinaldi v. Yeager, 384 U.S. 305 (1966) in 384 U.S. 305 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V7GCJQLFI6K846J.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Rinaldi v. Yeager, 384 U.S. 305 (1966), in 384 U.S. 305, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V7GCJQLFI6K846J.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Rinaldi v. Yeager, 384 U.S. 305 (1966). cited in 1966, 384 U.S. 305. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V7GCJQLFI6K846J.
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