FREELS v. HILLS

No. 87-3016.

843 F.2d 958 (1988)

Albert Huston FREELS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Norm F. HILLS, Supt., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory L. Ayers (argued), Ohio Public Defender Comm., Columbus, Ohio, for petitioner-appellant.

James A. Carr, Asst. Atty. Gen., John J. Gideon, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Columbus, Ohio, for respondent-appellee.

Before ENGEL, Chief Judge, and MERRITT and RYAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 23, 1988.

ENGEL, Chief Judge.

This appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus requires us to determine, for the first time in this circuit at least, whether failure by defendant's appellate counsel strictly to conform to the requirements for filing an appellate brief set forth in Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), must be deemed presumptively...

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