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Court grants free court‑reporter record for Tyler Ashbaugh after indigency showing
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Summary
The 187th District Court found defendant Tyler Ashbaugh indigent for the purpose of providing a reporter's record and ordered the court reporter's record produced at public expense after reviewing bank statements and declarations.
The 187th District Court granted a defense request for a free court‑reporter record for defendant Tyler Ashbaugh after reviewing supplemental filings and financial evidence the defense said showed he could not afford the cost.
Judge Stephanie Boyd said the court must determine whether a defendant lacks sufficient funds before ordering a free record. The defense supplied a supplemental motion, a declaration from a family member describing limited means, and bank statements showing minimal balances. The court reporter confirmed the cost of producing the record would exceed the funds reflected in Ashbaugh’s bank account.
Defense counsel filed a supplemental motion attaching an affidavit of indigency and statements from family members describing the defendant’s lack of assets. Counsel said Ashbaugh’s bank (Varo) statement showed one cent in the account and that a credit card had only about $169 available against a larger balance.
The state told the court it had reviewed the supplemental motion and raised no objection to granting the record at public expense. The court signed an order granting the motion and directed the clerk and reporter to provide the record consistent with the order.
The case was called as 202310004, State v. Tyler Ashbaugh. The transcript records the court’s procedural review of the affidavit, the clerk’s confirmation that the record cost exceeded the funds shown, and the court’s order granting the free record.
Copies of the signed order and instructions for obtaining the record were made available to the parties by the clerk.
