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WALL v. PURDY

Civ. Nos. 70-573, 70-1324, 70-1217 and 70-1454.

321 F.Supp. 367 (1971)

Mack J. WALL, Petitioner, v. E. Wilson PURDY, Director of Public Safety, Dade County, Florida, Respondent. George Perlman ALVIS, Petitioner, v. William G. KIMBROUGH, Chief of Police of Coral Gables, Florida, Respondent. Martha GRIFFIN, Petitioner, v. Charles GOODLETT, Chief Belle Glade Police Department, Belle Glade, Florida, Respondent. John W. HICKS, Petitioner, v. Robert JOHNSTON, Chief of Police of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida.

January 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Rogow, Legal Services Program, Miami, Fla., for Mack J. Wall.

Howell L. Ferguson, Legal Services Program, Miami, Fla., for George Perlman Alvis.

B. R. Patterson, Fla. Rural Legal Services, Inc., Belle Glade, Fla., for Martha Griffin.

No appearance for John W. Hicks.

Jack R. Blumenfeld, Asst. State Atty., Miami, Fla., for E. Wilson Purdy.

Robert D. Zahner, Asst. City Atty., Coral Gables, Fla., for William G. Kimbrough.

John E. Baker, Belle Glade, Fla., for Charles Goodlett.

A. R. Morsillo, City Prosecutor, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Robert Johnston.

ORDER DENYING PETITIONS FOR WRITS of HABEAS CORPUS.

MEHRTENS, District Judge.

These cases each present the ever recurring question whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel extended to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment is applicable to all misdemeanors.

All petitioners have petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254.

Petitioner Mack J. Wall was convicted in the Metropolitan Court...

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