Williams v. Oklahoma City - 395 U.S. 458 (1969)
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U.S. Supreme Court
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
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.
