Perkins v. Adams

RULING ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CLARIE, District Judge.

The Supreme Court observed in Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S.Ct. 814, 9 L.Ed.2d 811 (1963) that to deny an indigent the right to appointed counsel for his first appeal would draw an unconstitutional line between rich and poor defendants. This habeas corpus petition presents questions involving the implementation of the Douglas mandate. The petitioner maintains that he has been denied his constitutional rights to appeal and to appeal with the assistance of court-appointed counsel as an indigent. The Court finds…