MOSES v. HELGEMOE

No. 76-1250.

562 F.2d 62 (1976)

Ronald MOSES, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Raymond A. HELGEMOE, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Moses on brief, pro se.

David H. Souter, Atty. Gen., and Edward N. Damon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Concord, N. H., on brief for respondent, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This appeal from denial of a writ of habeas corpus presents the question whether the denial of counsel to petitioner at a preliminary hearing on a charge of aggravated assault constituted, on the facts of this case, harmless error, as found by both the Superior and Supreme Courts of New Hampshire and by the district court.

The trial transcript reveals the following. Ronald Moses knew the victim John Hughes socially and had worked for him...

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