Speers v. Gladden

Plaintiff, relying upon ORS 138.530, (a) of the Post-Conviction Relief Act, alleges that he was deprived of his constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution and under Art I, § 11, Oregon Constitution, in that the trial court refused to appoint counsel to represent him upon appeal from a judgment of conviction. In the present proceedings under the Post-Conviction Act the trial court entered a judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s petition with prejudice. Plaintiff appeals from this judgment.

Plaintiff was found guilty of the crime of burglary in the circuit court…