BARHAM v. POWELL

No. 89-1616.

895 F.2d 19 (1990)

Raymond J. BARHAM, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Ronald L. POWELL, etc., et al., Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Duggan, Concord, N.H., for petitioner, appellant.

Tina Schneider, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom John P. Arnold, Atty. Gen., Concord, N.H., was on brief, for respondents-appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Raymond Barham was convicted of first degree murder in New Hampshire state court and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He filed a habeas corpus petition in federal court claiming that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to represent himself because he was allowed insufficient access to a law library and, consequently, was forced to accept representation by counsel for his trial. The district...

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