ADKINS v. SANFORD

No. 9902.

120 F.2d 471 (1941)

ADKINS v. SANFORD, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 9, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Adkins (in pro. per.), of Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Lawrence S. Camp. U. S. Atty., and H. H. Tysinger, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Atlanta Ga., for appellee.

Before FOSTER HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus. It presents the question: Does the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution require the United States District Court, at the peril of its jurisdiction, to appoint counsel to represent a defendant who made no request for a lawyer, who admitted his guilt before the Commissioner, who pleaded guilty to the three-count indictment against him after it was read to him in open court, who now...

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