LINTON v. PERINI

No. 80-3764.

656 F.2d 207 (1981)

Jack L. LINTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. E. P. PERINI, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Manton, Asst. Public Defender, Columbus, Ohio, for petitioner-appellant.

David E. Stocker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lianne Santellani, Columbus, Ohio, for respondent-appellee.

Before WEICK and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and GILMORE, District Judge.


GILMORE, District Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a habeas corpus petition. Petitioner-appellant claims he was denied the right to select counsel of his own choice in a criminal trial, and also was denied effective assistance of counsel. We find that he was denied the right to employ counsel of his own choosing without a sufficient reason, and therefore reverse.

Appellant was arraigned in the Ohio Common Pleas Court on five felony counts (one of...

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