Legal Opinion
Cooke v. Swope
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided July 22, 1939No. 70PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YANKWICH, District Judge (after stating facts as above).
The defendant seeks to ground his petition on Johnson v. Zerbst, 1938, 304 U.S. 458, 58 S.Ct. 1019, 82 L.Ed. 1461. There, after a plea of not guilty was entered by the defendants to a charge of counterfeiting, they “said that they had no lawyer, and—in response to an inquiry of the court—stated that they were ready for trial. They were then tried, convicted, and sentenced, without assistance of counsel.” Johnson v. Zerbst, supra, 304 U.S. at page 460, 58 S.Ct. at page 1021, 82 L.Ed. 1461.
The Court held that they should have been informed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States v. NorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Hallinger v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Evans v. RivesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- United States v. AchtnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Cooke v. SwopeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
- Swift v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Jorgensen v. SwopeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
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