United States ex rel. Robertson v. Myers

CLARY, District Judge.

This case presents the constantly recurring problem of a defendant’s right to counsel in a state criminal proceeding. Relator, James Robertson, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court on December 24, 1959. The allegation upon which the Court granted a rule to show cause why the writ should not issue, and set a hearing thereon, is comprised within the limits of Paragraph 2 of relator’s petition, which reads as follows:

“Questions Involved. 2. That the verdict was erroneously comprised as to Bill No. 87 December Sessions, 1956 wherein the defendant was…