Court Opinion

ID: 9445379
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:26:56.299408+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:14.106605
License: Public Domain

FRANK, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I agree that we should allow defendant to apply, in the first instance, to the trial judge for leave to appeal in forma pauperis.
However, if it turns out (as seems probable) that defendant cannot afford to buy a transcript, he may find it difficult (unless he obtains the equivalent of a transcript) to designate the parts of the record “necessary to support each ground of appeal.”
If it should be necessary for defendant to refer to the proceedings at the trial, he can obtain the equivalent of a transcript — i. e., a statement of the trial proceedings — in the manner described in my dissenting opinion in United States v. Johnson, 2 Cir., 238 F.2d 565, decided today. But (1) thirty days may be insufficient for that purpose; and (2) ei*579ther we or the trial judge should, if defendant is impoverished, appoint a lawyer to help him prepare the statement of the trial proceedings, and his application for permission to appeal in forma pauperis, and to present to us a further application if the trial judge should deny defendant leave to appeal in forma pauperis.