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M. L. B. vs. S. L. J.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Oct 07, 1996

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  21. is at stake, Santosky v. Kramer
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  22. Just as a State may not block an indigent petty offender's access to an appeal afforded others, see Mayer v. Chicago
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  23. its parental termination decree. Pp. 110-128. (a) The foundation case in the relevant line of decisions is Griffin v. Illinois
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  24. to counsel at state expense does not extend to nonfelony trials if no term of imprisonment is actually imposed. Scott v. Illinois
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  25. provide access to its judicial processes without regard to a party's ability to pay court fees. See, e. g., Boddie v. Connecticut
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  26. the general rule, the Court has refused to extend Griffin to the broad array of civil cases. See United States v. Kras
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  27. Lassiter v. Department
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  28. is not routinely required by the Constitution, but should be determined on a case-by-case basis), and Santosky v. Kramer
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  29. with Griffin and running through Mayer, reflect both equal protection and due process concerns. See Ross v. Moffitt
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  30. political processes as voters and candidates cannot be limited to those who can pay for a license. See, e. g., Harper v. Virginia
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  31. has held that government need not provide funds so that people can exercise even fundamental rights, see, e. g., Lyng v. Automobile
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  32. case with Mayer, not with Ortwein or Kras. Also rejected is respondents' suggestion that Washington v. Davis
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  33. That this Court has not so conceived the meaning and effect of Washington v. Davis
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  34. U. S., at 17, n. 11, and explained in Williams v. Illinois
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  35. hold that, just as a State may not block an indigent petty offender's access to an appeal afforded others, see Mayer v. Chicago
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  36. Id., at 23. See also Ross v. Moffitt
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  37. line of decisions regarding an indigent defendant's access to appellate review of a conviction,4 we said in Rinaldi v. Yeager
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  38. Griffin's principle has not been confined to cases in which imprisonment is at stake. The key case is Mayer v. Chicago
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  39. evidence to convict. The State provided free transcripts for indigent appellants 4 See, e. g., Williams v. Oklahoma
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  40. Long v. District
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  41. requirement that a State provide a full trial transcript to an indigent defendant pursuing an appeal. See Griffin v. Illinois
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  42. In Draper v. Washington
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  43. see also Mayer v. Chicago
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  44. is less encompassing. A State must provide trial counsel for an indigent defendant charged with a felony, Gideon v. Wainwright
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  45. but that right does not extend to nonfelony trials if no term of imprisonment is actually imposed, Scott v. Illinois
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  46. to provide appellate counsel to poor defendants faced with incarceration applies to appeals of right. Douglas v. California
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  47. U. S. 353 , 357 (1963). In Ross v. Moffitt
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  48. State must provide access to its judicial processes without regard to a party's ability to pay court fees. In Boddie v. Connecticut
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  49. see also Little v. Streater
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  50. sought by an indigent defendant to enable him to contest a paternity suit). Soon after Boddie, in Lindsey v. Normet
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