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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