Boddie v. State

Full title: BODDIE v. THE STATE

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Dec 5, 1989

259 Ga. 676 (Ga. 1989)

386 S.E.2d 362

Opinion

S90A0087.

DECIDED DECEMBER 5, 1989. RECONSIDERATION DENIED DECEMBER 20, 1989.

Mandamus. Muscogee Superior Court. Before Judge Whisnant.

Dan Boddie, pro se. Douglas C. Pullen, District Attorney, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

Appellant Dan Boddie, pro se, appeals from the denial of his action for a writ of mandamus to compel the State to provide him with a copy of the record of his original conviction. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the writ because there is no absolute constitutional or statutory right to a transcript for use in a collateral attack on a conviction. United States v. MacCollom, 426 U.S. 317 ( 96 S.C. 2086, 48 L.Ed.2d 666) (1976); Judge v. State, 255 Ga. 174 ( 338 S.E.2d 282) (1985).

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.

DECIDED DECEMBER 5, 1989 — RECONSIDERATION DENIED DECEMBER 20, 1989.