Illinois v. Wardlow Brief Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent
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August 9, 1999

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Case Files, Furman v. Georgia Hardbacks. Motion to Obtain, Free of Cost, a Certified Transcript of the Record, 1969. 05eb7850-b425-f011-8c4e-002248226c06. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/44852924-1a7c-42e0-9b3c-4f60a5c84078/motion-to-obtain-free-of-cost-a-certified-transcript-of-the-record. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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® » IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA WILLIAM HENRY FURMAN NO, 25163 Vv. : MOTION TO OBTAIN, FREE OF COST, A CERTIFIED TRANS SCRIPT STATE OF GEORGIA OF THE RECORD, ‘e e ve TO THE HONORABLE W. H. DUCKWORTH, THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF GE RGIA: s : William Henry Furman, by counsel, moves this cours for an order, or other appropriate process, so that movant is furnished free of cost, a certified transcript of the record in order to file and perfect a petition for writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States. Movant, William Henry Furman, is prese ently imprisoned in the Georgia State Prison under a sentence of death. Movant was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the Chatham Superior Court. His conviction was affirmed by this court on April 24, 1969, {April Term, 1969, #105). Movant gs. to file a petition for writ.of certiovari in the Supreme Court of the United States pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1257(3) to review the judgment of this court on the grounds that his conviction and sentence of death violate his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In order to obtain review by the United States Supreme Court, movant is required to file with the Clerk of the United States Supreme Court a certified transcript of the record in the ~~ case. Rule 21 of the Rule States. Movant is and has be proceedings against him. - forma pauperis Because pay the cost of the trans the Clerk of this Court © transcript of the record. Court has refused to furni movant pays a fee of $128 The denial to movant in this Court, free of cos review in the Supreme Cou judgment solely because o Equal Protection Clauses United States Constitutio tion based on his poverty. (1956) ; Lane v. Brown, 37 City, 37 U.S.L.Week 4524 cannot constitutionally di of his poverty by refusin of the record, free of CO transcripts to similarly pay for them. WHEREFORE grant his motion that he transcript of the record and perfect his petition Court of the United States. , movant re 8s of the Supreme Court of the United en a pauper during all stages of the His appeal to this Court was in of his poverty, movant is unable to ; il cript of the record. He has requested Oo Furnish him, free of cost, a certified (See Appendix A). The Clerk of this ish the certified transcript unless 5. (See Appendix B). of a certified copy of the proceedings st, denies movant his right to seek ¥*t of the United States of this Court's f his poverty. The Due Process and Of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Nn protect him From invidious discrinming~ p Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.S. 12 2 U.S. 477 (1963); Williams v. Oklahoma (June 9, 1969). The State of Georgia iscriminate against movant on account g to furnish him a certified transcript st, where the State furnishes such situated defendants who are able to spectfully requests that this Court P Y - be furnished free of cost a certified in this case, so that movant may file for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Respectfully submitted, B. Clarence May field