HURT v. BALKCOM

No. 15507.

224 F.2d 21 (1955)

Curtis J. HURT, Appellant, v. R. P. BALKCOM, Jr., Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Gowen, Brunswick, Ga., for appellant.

Eugene Cook, Atty. Gen., E. Freeman Leverett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert H. Hall, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, JONES, Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appealing from an order denying his petition for habeas corpus, petitioner presents a single question for our decision. This is whether, in a prior habeas corpus proceeding testing the legality of his detention by the Warden of the Georgia State Prison at Reidsville, the refusal of a Georgia State Court to appoint counsel for him was a denial of due process.

The claim below was, and here is, that while ordinarily the court is not obligated to furnish...

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