In any appeal in a criminal action, where it appears to the trial court that the accused is without funds with which to defray the costs of securing a transcript of the evidence, or printing the briefs and the appendices to the briefs, such costs shall be defrayed by the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 8850; 1957, P.A. 17; 1967, P.A. 421, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act deleted language restricting section to appeals to the supreme court.
Cited. 139 C. 401; 154 C. 631, 636; 155 C. 719.
Finding of fact after comprehensive examination of facts and circumstances is required where indigency is controverted. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 313.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 962 - Costs, Fees and Expenses in Criminal Proceedings or Prosecutions
Section 54-143. - Costs imposed in prosecutions.
Section 54-143a. - Cost imposed for infractions and certain motor vehicle violations.
Section 54-143b. - Forfeited bonds for motor vehicle violations.
Section 54-143c. - Additional fine for sexual assault offenses.
Section 54-144. - Payment of expenses.
Section 54-147. - Rules for payment of expenses. Waiver of fee or cost.
Section 54-148. - Support of prisoners after sentence.
Section 54-149. - Payment for board of prisoners.
Section 54-150. - Compensation of physicians.
Section 54-151. - Cost of transcript and printing on appeal.
Section 54-152. - Allowance to witnesses from another state in criminal prosecutions.
Section 54-153. - Where witnesses for accused paid by state.
Section 54-154. - Taxing expenses in search and seizure cases.