HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Peter Kenneth DeMarrias, appeals from the denial, by the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, of his motion for vacation of sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
His appeal raises the question of the proper procedure to be followed by a District Court in acting upon an indigent defendant's request for the appointment of counsel on a first direct appeal.
DeMarrias was indicted by...
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