Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Parker v. Myers
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 9, 1964No. Misc. 2758PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding, Petitioner has raised unsuccessfully in the state courts the argument that the denial of counsel at his preliminary hearing, at which he pleaded guilty, was a deprivation of his constitutional right to counsel. See Commonwealth ex rel. Parker v. Myers, 414 Pa. 427, 200 A.2d 770 (1964).
Lack of counsel at a prelimi. nary hearing constitutes a denial of constitutional rights if, under the circumstances of the particular case, that hearing was a “critical” stage of the proeeedings. In this sense, a preliminary hearing, not…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Maisenhelder v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Percy Detoro v. Vernon L. Pepersack, Warden of the Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- United States Ex Rel. Thomas C. Cooper, Relator-Appellant v. Frederick G. ReinckeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Mathis v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- State v. DennisSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
- Anthony Marcella v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- United States ex rel. Maisenhelder v. RundleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- State v. JacksonWashington Supreme Court · 1965
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