Legal Opinion
Sweeten v. Sneddon
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1972No. 71-1275PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
This is a civil rights action with jurisdiction grounded on 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and (4). The question is the right of an indigent defendant on state parole to have assistance of counsel in a state misdemeanor prosecution. The district court, 324 F.Supp. 1094, held that he had a constitutional right to counsel and permanently enjoined the state criminal prosecution unless counsel was secured for him. We held the case in abeyance to await the decision of the Supreme Court in Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25, 92 S.Ct. 2006, 32 L. Ed.2d 530. That case was decided on…
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