# Cash v. State Board of Pardons & Paroles

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · February 13, 1989 · 297 Ark. 625

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7824094

## Case

- **Full name:** Jerry CASH v. STATE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES, A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** February 13, 1989
- **Citations:** 297 Ark. 625; 765 S.W.2d 4; 1989 Ark. LEXIS 57
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Purtle
- **Judges:** Purtle
- **Cited by:** 3 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

John I. Purtle, Justice, dissenting. This court has refused to require the state to reproduce the appellant’s brief and abstract without cost to him, thereby preventing him from proceeding with this appeal. He appears pro se and in forma pauperis. As an inmate in the Arkansas Department of Correction, he has neither the funds nor the opportunity to comply with our rules — unless the state reproduces his brief and abstract as requested.
In no case could it be made more plain that a person has been denied equal protection and due process because he is poor. He would have received his right to proceed in this case if he had the money. No person should be forced to give up statutory or constitutional rights because of poverty.

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