Legal Opinion
Summers v. Thompson
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided November 17, 1977No. 77-3041-NA-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MORTON, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, Billy L. Summers, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that he was unconstitutionally denied the effective representation of counsel on the appeal of his state court conviction. Respondent denies that petitioner’s constitutional rights to representation by counsel on appeal were violated, contending that petitioner’s uncooperativeness caused him not to be represented by retained counsel on appeal and that the State of Tennessee was under no obligation to secure appointment of counsel for petitioner.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Millard Robert Beasley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- United States Ex Rel. Ralph Maselli v. Frederick G. Reincke, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- James Earl Ray v. J. H. Rose, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Roy C. Reynolds v. A. L. Lockhart, Superintendent, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Hellard v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1982
- Ronald Fields v. Margaret Bagley, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- David Stovall v. Christopher DunnCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002