Legal Opinion
Gregory Gilchrist v. John R. O'keefe, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 2, 2001No. Docket 00-2466PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Gregory Gilchrist appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Martin, J.) denying his petition for a writ o'f habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner claims that he was unconstitutionally deprived of counsel during his sentencing proceeding when the-state trial court refused to appoint a new attorney for him after he had punched his appointed trial counsel in the head, causing that attorney to withdraw from representing him. Although, of course, under no circumstances do we condone a…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by103 opinions
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