Legal Opinion
United States v. Birrell
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 27, 1968No. 61 Cr. 692PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HERLANDS, District Judge.
THE COURT: Presently before the Court is a motion by The Legal Aid Society to be relieved as assigned counsel for Lowell M. Birrell, the defendant herein. The current motion by the Society to be relieved has been joined in by defendant in the sense that he also seeks to have the Society terminate its representation of him. For the reasons hereinafter set forth in detail, the Court denies the Society’s motion.
THE FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The matters now before the Court represent an extraordinary proceeding in an extraordinary case. It would be intellectually…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by9 opinions
- United States v. Bobby G. SealeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- State v. BirkestrandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
- People v. ShookSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
- Legal Aid Society of New York v. HerlandsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Gurley v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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