MAHONEY v. CHAPMAN

No. 12632.

173 F.2d 569 (1949)

MAHONEY v. CHAPMAN, Superintendent of Florida State Prison.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Mahoney, of Raiford, Fla., in pro. per.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen. of Florida and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Florida, for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The District Judge heard full evidence, which was in conflict, and held that no request for appointment of counsel was made in the State court trial. He held also that the real question was whether the petitioner for habeas corpus, who undertook to represent himself in the trial, in view of his age, education, experience and circumstances, received due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment of the federal Constitution as interpreted and applied...

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