Fletcher v. Gorczyk

Plaintiff Melvina Fletcher, an inmate incarcerated at the Chittenden Community Correctional Center, appeals a superior court decision not to appoint counsel to represent her in a habeas corpus proceeding. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff was convicted by jury for aggravated assault and two counts of simple assault and was sentenced to serve five to fifteen years in November 1991. On June 17,1992, plaintiff, representing herself, filed a writ of habeas corpus in the Chittenden Superior Court alleging violations of her statutory and constitutional rights. She claims that, following an argument…