Court Opinion

ID: 9714365
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:36:01.627941+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:25.468724
License: Public Domain

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DISSENTING OPINION

Jackson, J.
Assuming that the relator is a minor, it strikes me that the opinion as written imposes an unduly harsh and unconstitutional burden on the parents. I cannot agree that the expenses of legal services necessary in defense of a criminal act are on a par with such expenses as a parent is required to pay for the support, maintenance, care and education of a minor child. To so extend that doctrine would be detrimental to the best interests of society.
Acts 1893, ch. 33, §1, p. 32, being §4-3511, Bums’ 1946 Replacement, I think, is specific that any poor person not having sufficient means to purchase same is entitled to have a transcript at public expense. The language of this statute makes no distinction between a minor and an adult, and the question as to the degree of solvency of the minor’s parents is not in issue.
I would make the writ permanent.