Legal Opinion
Percy Detoro v. Vernon L. Pepersack, Warden of the Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1964No. 9246PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Percy DeToro, appeals from an order of the District Court for the District of Maryland, discharging his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 1 The question before the district court, and now before this court on appeal, is a narrow one: was DeToro denied his constitutional rights under the sixth amendment when he entered a plea of not guilty at two preliminary hearings, while not represented by counsel. 2
DeToro was arrested on January 22, 1961, on the charge of homicide. Thereafter on two separate occasions, January 23 and February 7, he was taken…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by84 opinions
- Adams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- The People v. BonnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Boone v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- State v. LouieWashington Supreme Court · 1966
- Mefford and Blackburn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
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