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KILLINGSWORTH v. STATE

No. 57026.

490 So.2d 849 (1986)

Milton KILLINGSWORTH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.L. Wong, Cleveland, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

We are today called upon to face yet another troublesome aftermath to the call of Gideon's trumpet.1 Court-appointed counsel for an indigent convicted defendant has advised us that he has diligently and in good faith considered his client's prospects on appeal and found them hopeless. He seeks leave to withdraw from further representation.

Our foremost value in this context is the provision to...

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