Spriggs v. State of North Carolina

GORDON, District Judge.

The petitioner, Robert Joseph Spriggs, a prisoner of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, has filed with this Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and accompanied same with an affidavit of poverty. An order has heretofore been entered permitting the petition to be filed without the prepayment of costs or fees, or security therefor. Petitioner contends that he was denied due process of law in that *59he was denied the assistance of counsel and right to subpoena witnesses at his original trial; that after notice of appeal from his…