ROBERTS

v.

BENNETT, ATTORNEY GENERAL

Citator

Cited By

• MacKENNA v. Ellis, 280 F.2d 592 (5th Cir. 1960)
  …he appointment of counsel only in capital eases; in contested cases involving non-capital felonies appointment of counsel was left to the discretion of the trial judge. See Holton v. State, 1942, 143 Tex.Cr.R. 415, 158 S.W. 2d 772, certiorari denied 316 U.S. 703, 62 S.Ct. 1311, 86 L.Ed. 1771; Moore v. State, Tex.Cr.App.1959, 324 S.W. 2d 879, requires appointment of counsel in all felony cases. Generally, “his right [an accused] to be heard through his own counsel [is] unqualified”. Chandler v. Fretag, 1954…
• Woody v. United States, 258 F.2d 535 (6th Cir. 1957)
  …unanimously reached in every federal court where the precise question has arisen. Chrysler v. Zerbst, 10 Cir., 1936, 81 F. 2d 975; Jackson v. Hudspeth, 10 Cir., 1940, 111 F. 2d 128; Record v. Hudspeth, 10 Cir., 1942, 126 F. 2d 215, certiorari denied 316 U.S. 703, 62 S.Ct. 1310, 86 L.Ed. 1771; Lindsay v. United States, 10 Cir., 1943, 134 F. 2d 960, certiorari denied 319 U.S. 763, 63 S.Ct. 1316, 87 L.Ed. 1714; Doll v. Johnson, 9 Cir., 1938, 95 F. 2d 838, cer-tiorari denied 304 U.S. 574, 58 S.Ct. 1050, 82 L.Ed…
• Parker v. Ellis, 258 F.2d 937 (5th Cir. 1958)
  …ly, the case would not have been tried at that time, irrespective of any request for postponement by the defendant.” . Article 494, Vernon’s Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas; Holton v. State, 143 Tex.Cr.R. 415, 158 S.W. 2d 722, certiorari denied 316 U.S. 703, 62 S.Ct. 1311, 86 L.Ed. 1771; Ex parte Hope, 154 Tex. Cr.R. 456, 228 S.W. 2d 171. . 316 U.S. at pages 471-472, 62 S.Ct. at page 1595.…