Legal Opinion
Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 4, 1943No. 79PublishedCited by 2,063 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This is a review of an order by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit discharging the relator McCann from custody. We accept as facts, as did the court below, those set forth in the untraversed return to the writ of habeas corpus in that court.
McCann was indicted on six counts for using the mails to defraud, in violation of § 215 of the Criminal Code, 18 U. S. C. § 338. From the time of his arraignment on February 18,1941, to the prosecution of his appeal in the court below, McCann insisted on conducting his case without the assistance of a lawyer. When called upon to plead to…
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