Leslie A. Young v. State of Arkansas

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT  No.  CR 06­1263  Opinion Delivered  LESLIE A. YOUNG  Petitioner  January 17, 2008  PRO SE MOTION FOR COPY OF  DOCUMENT AT PUBLIC EXPENSE  [CIRCUIT COURT OF SHARP  COUNTY, CR 2006­6]  v.  STATE OF ARKANSAS  Respondent  MOTION DENIED.  PER CURIAM  In 2006, petitioner Leslie A. Young was found guilty by a jury of capital murder, aggravated  robbery, attempted arson and two counts of theft of property and sentenced to an aggregate term of  life imprisonment.  This court remanded the case to the trial court for a suppression hearing, Young  v. State, ___ Ark. ___, ___ S.W.3d ___ (May 31, 2007), and the case is once again before this court  1  on appeal.  Petitioner now seeks at public expense a photocopy of the judgment and commitment order  contained in the record of the original direct appeal and provides an affidavit to verify indigency in  support of her request for the copy at public expense.  She gives no reason for the request and simply  asserts that she is entitled to have the document provided to her without charge.  The motion is denied.  The mere fact that petitioner is indigent does not entitle her to a copy  of the judgment at public expense.  Washington v. State, 270 Ark. 840, 606 S.W.2d 365 (1980) (per  curiam).  A petitioner is not entitled to photocopying at public expense unless he or she demonstrates 1  Leslie A. Young v. State, Arkansas Supreme Court Docket No. CR 07­1136.  some compelling need for specific documentary evidence to support an allegation contained in a  petition for postconviction relief.  See Austin v. State, 287 Ark. 256, 697 S.W.2d 914 (1985) (per  curiam).  Petitioner makes no reference to a need for documentary evidence, and does not specify any  postconviction relief available to her at this time.  When  an  appeal  has  been  lodged  in  this  court,  the  material  pertaining  to  it  remains  permanently on file with the clerk.  Unless it is being maintained under seal, persons may review the  material in the clerk’s office, and photocopy all or portions of it.  An incarcerated person desiring a  photocopy of material on file here may write this court, remit the photocopying fee and request that  the  copy  be  mailed  to  the  prison.  All  persons,  including  prisoners,  must  bear  the  cost  of  photocopying.  Moore v. State, 324 Ark. 453, 921 S.W.2d 606 (1996) (per curiam).  Motion denied. ­2­ 

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