Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. George Simmons v. Mr. Robert J. Zibilich, Attorney at Law
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 11, 1976No. 76-2522PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a civil rights action by a convict against the court-appointed attorney who conducted his state court defense. We affirm.
In 1974, the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court convicted Plaintiff-Appellant Simmons of first degree murder. At the time, his attorney was Robert Zibilich, Defendant-Appellee in this case. Zibilich had made his services available to the court as a volunteer with the Orleans Parish indigent defender board pursuant to La.Rev.Stat. Art. 15:141, 1 and the court appointed him to serve in Simmons’ murder trial. Apparently, Simmons…
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