Jerome Goforth v. A. L. Dutton, Warden, Georgia State Prison

FISHER, District Judge:

Appellant, a Georgia State prisoner, is presently serving a 20 year sentence for the offense of robbery. He sought habeas corpus relief in the district court on the ground that he was denied right to counsel on appeal from this conviction in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. The court denied relief after a hearing, and this appeal was taken upon the court’s issuance of a certificate of probable cause and order allowing the appeal in forma pauperis.

Immediately following the verdict, appellant’s retained counsel informed him that he had every ground for a…