APPLICATION OF STAPLEY

No. C 188-65.

246 F.Supp. 316 (1965)

Application of James E. STAPLEY, P.F.C., United States Army, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

United States District Court D. Utah, Central Division.

October 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Cowley, Salt Lake City, Utah, for petitioner.

Ralph Klemm, Asst. U. S. Atty., for respondent.


CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.

This case involves the question of whether the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States requires the appointment of counsel to represent military personnel on serious charges before special as well as general courts-martial and, if so, whether minimal constitutional requirements were met in this case with respect to the qualification and representation of appointed counsel.

The case for good cause came on for expedited...

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