Case Name: WISE v. SKINNER
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1979-09-10
Citations: 244 Ga. 225
Docket Number: 35128
Parties: WISE v. SKINNER.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 244
Pages: 225–226

Head Matter:
35128.
WISE v. SKINNER.
Submitted July 20, 1979
Decided September 10, 1979.
Gregory Wise, pro se.
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William F. Lee, Jr., District Attorney, for appellee.

Opinion:
Nichols, Chief Justice.
This is a pro se appeal from an order overruling Wise's petition for mandamus seeking to require the Clerk of the Carroll County Superior Court to furnish him with a copy of the trial transcript of his armed robbery conviction.
"There must be some justification or showing of necessity beyond a mere naked demand for a transcript. While there is a basic right to a free transcript to perfect a timely direct appeal, there is no absolute right to a free transcript just so the prisoner may have it, and some justification for use in a habeas corpus or related proceeding must be shown in order to be entitled to such records in a collateral attack on the sentence. [Cits.]" Mydell v. Clerk, 241 Ga. 24 (243 SE2d 72) (1978).
Wise failed to show justification, and the trial court did not err in overruling his petition demanding a copy of his trial transcript.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.