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Hardy v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 6, 1964No. 112PublishedCited by 328 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas

Petitioner, a pauper, has been convicted and sentenced to prison. After conviction the court-appointed lawyer, who represented him at the trial, withdrew his appearance with the approval of the court. The present court-appointed attorney is a different person, appointed by the Court of Appeals after the indigent had prepared pro se a petition for leave to appeal in forma pauperis. The District Court denied leave to appeal in forma pauperis. The Court of Appeals, although empowered to allow the appeal (Coppedge v. United States, 369 U. S. 438, 455), merely allowed petitioner to proceed in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Julius Ingram v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962

3Cited by328 opinions

  1. People v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  2. United States v. Ofray-CamposCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
  3. United States v. PaceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  4. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  5. Cobb v. Standard Drug Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982

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