Legal Opinion
Wood v. Superintendent Caroline Correctional Unit
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 20, 1973No. Civ. A. 615-72-RPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
This habeas corpus action presents, inter alia, the important question of whether the rule enunciated in Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25, 92 S.Ct. 2006, 32 L.Ed.2d 530 (1972), applies to cases in which an indigent misdemeanant, convicted without benefit of counsel, was fined and not sentenced.
Don Wood, a Virginia prisoner, brings this habeas corpus action pro se pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1 Petitioner is currently detained pursuant to a third conviction before the Corporation Court of the City of Lynchburg of November 6, 1969, for petty larceny.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bell v. BursonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. Russell SawayaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Carey v. Zayre of Beverly Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BarrettMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975
- Mays v. HarrisDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1973
- City of New Orleans v. HarrisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
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