UNITED STATES v. ROSS

No. 73-2256.

503 F.2d 940 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James David ROSS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Caperton, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., Mary L. Sinderson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to examine, if briefly, the scope of the power of the district judge to revoke probation, and the proper standard for waiver of the right to counsel at a hearing on revocation of probation.

James David Ross, appellant, attacks on two grounds the revocation of his probation, ordered by the district judge after a hearing at which Ross allegedly waived the right to counsel. First, the appellant contends, he was not...

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