CASH v. CULVER

No. 91.

358 U.S. 633 (1959)

CASH v. CULVER, STATE PRISON CUSTODIAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin L. Langbein, acting under appointment by the Court, 357 U.S. 933, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Edward S. Jaffry, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, argued the cause, pro hac vice, by special leave of the Court, for respondent. With him on the brief was Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner is serving a 15-year prison sentence imposed by a Florida court after conviction by a jury of burglary.1 He was not represented by counsel at the trial. No appeal was taken, and the Supreme Court of Florida denied without a hearing a petition for habeas corpus which he later filed.2 Certiorari was...

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