Connecticut General Statutes/Title 54/Chapter 962/Section 54-151

CGS § 54-151. Cost of transcript and printing on appeal.

In any appeal in a criminal action, where it appears to the trial court that the accused is without funds with which to defray the costs of securing a transcript of the evidence, or printing the briefs and the appendices to the briefs, such costs shall be defrayed by the state.

Short History

(1949 Rev., S. 8850; 1957, P.A. 17; 1967, P.A. 421, S. 1.)

Long History

History: 1967 act deleted language restricting section to appeals to the supreme court.

Citations

Cited. 139 C. 401; 154 C. 631, 636; 155 C. 719.

Finding of fact after comprehensive examination of facts and circumstances is required where indigency is controverted. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 313.

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