HOLLINGSHEAD
v.
WAINWRIGHT, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR

U.S. | 1966-04-18
No. 457
Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice Stewart are of the opinion that the petition for a writ of certiorari should be denied.
384 U.S. 31 Supreme Court of the United States (1966) Negative Treatment
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Synopsis

The court denied a petition for modification regarding the right to counsel for indigent defendants appealing post-conviction relief denials, adhering to its previous decision.


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The court adheres to its previous decision that appellate courts must provide counsel for indigent defendants appealing post-conviction relief denials, citing the impossibility of proper consideration without counsel.


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Per_curiam
Per Curiam.

Per Curiam.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is reversed. Douglas v. California, 372 U. S. 353.

Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice Stewart are of the opinion that the petition for a writ of certiorari should be denied.


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  • Cleveland Hollingshead v. Louie L. Wainwright, 194 So. 2d 577 (Fla. 1967)
    …Wainwright, 177 So. 2d 477). Our denial of said petition was reversed by the Supreme Court of the United States on the authority of Douglas v. People of State of California, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S.Ct. 814, 9 L.Ed.2d 811. (See Hollingshead v. Wainwright, 384 U.S. 31, 86 S.Ct. 1284, 16 L.Ed.2d 333.) In compliance with the above mentioned decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to examine the truthfulness of the Petitioner’s allegations that he had been denied due process of law by the trial cour…
  • State v. Herzig, 208 So. 2d 619 (Fla. 1968)
    …er curiam opinion reversed by merely citing Douglas v. People of the State of California, supra. [Douglas v. People of the State of California, 1963, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S.Ct. 814, 9 L.Ed.2d 811] Hollingshead v. Wainwright, 1966 [Fla., 177 So. 2d 477], 384 U.S. 31, 86 S.Ct. 1284, 16 L.Ed.2d 333 [Fla., 188 So. 2d 788; 194 So. 2d 577], As a result it would appear that now any indigent found guilty of a felony in a trial court is entitled, as a matter of right, to counsel not only on direct appeal but also on ap…
  • Meyer v. State, 415 So. 2d 70 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982)
    …LF OF THE CONVICTED DEFENDANT, SO AS TO ENTITLE THE DEFENDANT TO BELATED APPELLATE REVIEW BY PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS? The petition for rehearing is DENIED. QUESTIONS CERTIFIED. DAUKSCH, C. J., and COBB, J., concur. . Hollingshead v. Wainwright, 384 U.S. 31, 86 S.Ct. 1284, 16 L.Ed.2d 333 (1966). . This was apparently a more acceptable procedure than outright dismissal of the charges. Prior to Hollingshead, the frustration of the right to appeal by a state functionary resulted in dismissal of the charg…

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