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SURRATT v. UNITED STATES

Misc. No. 1095.

262 F.2d 691 (1958)

Dennis SURRATT, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

November 5, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dennis Surratt, petitioner, pro se.

Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher and John W. Warner, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., for respondent.

Before PRETTYMAN, Chief Judge, and EDGERTON and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

An indigent petitioner without benefit of counsel asks leave to appeal in forma pauperis from a criminal conviction. "Normally, allowance of an appeal should not be denied until an indigent has had adequate representation by counsel." Ellis v. United States, 356 U.S. 674, 675, 78 S.Ct. 974, 2 L.Ed.2d 1060. The question is not whether we should appoint counsel, but whether we should appoint an attorney to whom petitioner...

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