STATE EX REL. ARGERSINGER v. HAMLIN

No. 39309.

236 So.2d 442 (1970)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Jon Richard ARGERSINGER, Petitioner, v. Raymond HAMLIN, Sheriff Leon County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Shea, Tampa, for petitioner.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Phillip A. Hubbart, Miami, Ronald K. Cacciatore, Tampa, and Roy T. Rhodes, of Horne, Rhodes, Brown & Stephens, Tallahassee, for The Florida Bar.

Ralph A. Marsicano, Tampa, for Florida League of Municipalities.

Bruce S. Rogow, Miami, amicus curiae.


ROBERTS, Justice.

We have taken original jurisdiction of this habeas corpus proceeding to reexamine our previous decisions in Fish v. State, Fla. 1964, 159 So.2d 866, Watkins v. Morris, Fla. 1965, 179 So.2d 348, and State ex rel. Taylor v. Warden, Fla. 1967, 193 So.2d 606, holding that an indigent defendant is not entitled to court-appointed counsel when accused...

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