The applicant, self-represented, sought public funding for the cost of trial transcripts required to perfect a pending summary conviction appeal from convictions for assault.
The court considered the principles analogous to Criminal Code s. 684 governing publicly funded assistance for appeals, including whether the interests of justice required funding and whether the applicant had insufficient means.
The court found the evidentiary record did not establish financial inability, as the applicant provided no detailed evidence of assets or liabilities.
The court also concluded the appeal lacked merit and that the interests of justice did not require public funding, particularly given the conditional discharge sentence and the absence of liberty interests at stake.
The application for transcript funding was dismissed.
