Legal Opinion
Wall v. Purdy
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided January 20, 1971No. Civ. Nos. 70-573, 70-1324, 70-1217 and 70-1454PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PETITIONS FOR WRITS of HABEAS CORPUS.
MEHRTENS, District Judge.
These cases each present the ever recurring question whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel extended to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment is applicable to all misdemeanors.
All petitioners have petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254.
Petitioner Mack J. Wall was convicted in the Metropolitan Court in and for Dade County for failure to make an immediate report of an accident in violation of Section 30159.1 of the Metro Court. The maximum possible penalty is 60…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Cheff v. SchnackenbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Alvis v. KimbroughCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Application of WrightSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971
- Mack J. Wall v. E. Wilson Purdy, Director of Public Safety, Dade County, Fla.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Salt Lake City v. GrotepasUtah Supreme Court · 1995
- George Perlman Alvis v. William G. Kimbrough, Chief of Police, Coral Gables, Fla., Respondent- Martha Griffin v. Charles Goodlett, Chief, Belle Glade Police Dept., Belle Glade, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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