SMITH v. STATE OF MARYLAND

No. 14877.

443 F.2d 65 (1971)

George Kenneth SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE OF MARYLAND, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Hobbet (court-assigned counsel), for appellant.

Alfred J. O'Ferrall, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Md. (Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

George Kenneth Smith filed this action to require the state to furnish him a free transcript of the proceedings at his trial for murder and armed robbery, to which he entered a plea of guilty. He requires a transcript, he claims, in order to prepare a petition for post-conviction relief from his convictions. The district court dismissed the complaint because Smith had failed to show a "particularized need" for a transcript. United States v. Glass, 4 Cir...

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