POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We consider in this case a claim that the State of Indiana denied an indigent criminal defendant a free transcript of the trial record for use in appealing his conviction and refused to appoint counsel to assist him in his appeal, thereby violating his rights under the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Arthur James Lewis was convicted of second-degree murder for killing a sheriff who was trying to...
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