If a petition filed under the provisions of article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, dealing with post-conviction hearings, alleges that the petitioner is unable to pay the costs of the proceeding, the trial court may order that the petitioner be permitted to proceed as a poor person and order a transcript of the proceedings resulting in the conviction delivered to petitioner in accordance with paragraph (b) of Rule 607.
Ill. Sup. Ct. R. 471
Committee Comments
This is paragraph (1) of former Rule 27 -- 1 with necessary minor changes but no changes of substance.
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