Legal Opinion
Hodge v. Huff
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 7, 1944No. 8541PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
For the second time in as many months we are impelled to commend assigned counsel for exerting his best professional efforts in behalf of an indigent prisoner. In spite of that fact, however, we have concluded that the order of the District Court denying a petition for writ of habeas corpus should be affirmed.
Appellant was convicted, in the District Court, of the crime of incest committed upon his daughter. He was represented in the trial court by a resourceful and experienced lawyer who also represented him on his appeal to this court, where the judgment of conviction was sustained. In his…
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