WATKINS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Eichler O. Kelly v. Springett, 527 F.2d 1090 (9th Cir. 1975)
  …choice. This claim is made despite the fact that appellant was represented by appointed counsel at the trial. Appellant argues that cases such as United States v. Jones, 369 F. 2d 217, 219 (CA7 1966), cert. denied sub nom. Watkins v. United States, 386 U.S. 944, 87 S.Ct. 976, 17 L.Ed.2d 875 (1967), give him a constitutional right to retained counsel. We disagree. The broad statement that an accused has a constitutional right to retained counsel must be qualified in at least two important respects. Either t…
• United States v. Miller, 573 F.2d 388 (7th Cir. 1978)
  …inuance. It is well established that such decisions are left to the discretion of the trial court and are not reversed except upon a showing of abuse of that discretion. United States v. Jones, 369 F. 2d 217, 220 (7th Cir. 1966), certiorari denied, 386 U.S. 944, 87 S.Ct. 976, 17 L.Ed.2d 875; United States v. Fuentes, 432 F. 2d 405, 407-408 (5th Cir. 1970), certiorari denied, 401 U.S. 919, 91 S.Ct. 904, 27 L.Ed.2d 822; 3 Wright & Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 832; see Avery v. Alabama, 308 U.S. 4…
• Commissioner OF Internal Revenue v. The Est. of H. W. Donnell, 417 F.2d 106 (5th Cir. 1969)
  …ed to exercise this option. A well is not a surface thing; it is a unit from spud to bottom. Harrington v. State of Texas, Tex.Civ.App. 1965, 385 S.W. 2d 411, rev. on other grounds, State v. Harrington, Tex.1966, 407 S.W. 2d 467, cert. denied, 1967, 386 U.S. 944, 87 S.Ct. 977, 17 L.Ed.2d 874. The costs of drilling and developing a well do not occur in isolation. Rather, they are incurred in order to produce minerals from a definitely defined subsurface area and it is the economic interest in the minerals wh…