TAGUE v. PUCKETT

No. 88-4564.

874 F.2d 1013 (1989)

Charles E. TAGUE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Steve W. PUCKETT, Superintendent of Mississippi State Penitentiary, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JoAnne M. McLeod, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondents-appellants.

Andrew N. Alexander, III, Greenville, Miss. (court-appointed), for respondents-appellants.

Charles E. Tague, Parchman, Miss., pro se.

Before GOLDBERG, JOHNSON, and DUHE, Circuit Judges.


DUHE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner/appellee Charles E. Tague, a prisoner convicted of two counts of burglary, filed a writ of habeas corpus based on the failure of respondents-appellants (certain Mississippi officials) to provide him a transcript of his mistrial for use during the retrial. Before the second trial, Tague moved for a free transcript of the testimony of three state witnesses from the proceedings of the mistrial, specifically noting that he was indigent...

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