Cleveland v. Municipal Court

*209 Opinion

Jonathan D. Cleveland appeals from a superior court judgment denying his petition for writ of mandate by which he sought to compel the preparation of a free reporter’s transcript for use in appealing his convictions of misdemeanor offenses.

On July 23, 1969, appellant was convicted of four misdemeanor offenses arising from disturbances occurring at San Francisco State College in January of that year. Thereafter he filed a notice of appeal to the appellate department of the superior court. He also filed a statement on appeal in the municipal court pursuant to rule 184 of the California Rules of Court, wherein he declared his intention to move the court to order preparation of a free transcript of the trial proceedings. He then listed the following 11 grounds of appeal:

Appellant next filed in the municipal court a notice of motion for preparation of a free transcript stating that said motion “will be made on the ground that a settled statement cannot serve as an adequate record on appeal in this action, and on the ground that the said defendant is indi *210 gent.” Attached to this notice were three declarations. In one, appellant declared he did not own any property…