People v. Hosner

In People v. Hosner (1975) 15 Cal.3d 60, the California Supreme Court unanimously held that ". . . the mere facts of a defendant's indigency and his timely motion for a transcript of prior proceedings entitle him prima facie to the requested transcript." "Unless, at the hearing on that motion, the prosecution is able to overcome the presumptions of defendant's particularized need for the transcript and of the unavailability of adequate alternative devices" ( id., at p. 66), denial of the request for a transcript of a prior trial "requires automatic reversal" ( id., at p. 70).