Legal Opinion
United States v. William R. Gravatt
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 21, 1989No. 88-3437PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUYETT, District Judge.
Defendant-appellant William R. Gravatt appeals from a judgment of conviction for four counts of tax evasion, entered following a jury trial before the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, at which the appellant was not represented by counsel. The important issue raised by this appeal is whether the district court conducted an appropriate inquiry into the appellant’s financial ability to retain private counsel before denying his request for a court appointed attorney 1 . We hold that it did not. Accordingly, we…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by35 opinions
- John Kenneth Henderson v. Frederick Frank, Superintendent Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General John K. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- United States v. HardwellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Curtis EvansCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- United States of America, and U.S. District Court Western District of New York v. Darnyl ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Estate of Lee B. Fisher, Deceased, John J. Carney v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
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