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WILLIAMS v. MARTIN

Nos. 77-1058, 78-6569.

618 F.2d 1021 (1980)

Robert WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. J. R. MARTIN, Warden, and the Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Bouch, Third Year Law Student (Walter Reiser, Randall M. Chastain, University of South Carolina Law Center, Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

Katherine W. Hill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C. (Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., and Emmet H. Clair, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before BUTZNER, HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The critical issue in this appeal is whether a state court's refusal to furnish an indigent prisoner an expert for the preparation and presentation of his defense was constitutional error. The district court held that it was not and dismissed Robert Williams' petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse because we believe that the appointment of an expert was constitutionally required for Williams' adequate defense against a charge of murder...

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