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SHEPHERD v. JORDAN

No. 28513 Summary Calendar.

425 F.2d 1174 (1970)

Juanita SHEPHERD, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Captain R. F. JORDAN, Superintendent of the City of Atlanta Prison Farm, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Bowden, Thomas F. Choyce, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellant.

James T. McIntyre, Jr., W. Michael B. Stoddard, Atlanta, Ga., amicus curiae.

William H. Traylor, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, CARSWELL and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The Superintendent of the City of Atlanta Prison Farm appeals from the grant of a writ of habeas corpus to an indigent person remanded to his custody in default of payment of four $27 fines assessed by the Municipal Court on four charges of disorderly conduct. The basis for the grant of the writ by the lower court was the failure of the municipal court to accord the accused assistance of counsel for her defense under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments...

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