The issue is whether a relator in a habeas corpus proceeding brought to test a criminal detention is entitled, upon a proper exercise of discretion by the hearing court, to counsel on the hearing on the ground that relator was indigent and incapable of retaining counsel of his own selection. Despite his request at the hearing, relator was denied counsel for the
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PEOPLE EX REL. WILLIAMS v. La VALLEE
19 N.Y.2d 238 (1967)
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Roy B. Williams, Appellant, v. J. Edwin La Vallee, as Warden of Auburn State Prison, Respondent.
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Argued January 19, 1967.
Decided March 2, 1967.
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Chief Judge FULD and Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN and KEATING concur.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
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