Legal Opinion
Arbo v. Hegstrom
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 17, 1966No. Civ. 11340PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on March 23,1966. Petitioner was arrested on January 17, 1966, on a charge of non-support in violation of § 53-304 Conn.Gen.Stats. (Supp.1964), and on the next day, unrepresented by counsel and unable to pay for one, he entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to a term of one year in jail, the maximum penalty provided for under the statute. The central issue presented to this court for consideration is whether the state has an obligation to appoint counsel to represent an indigent accused of this particular…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Rodriguez v. ROSENBLATTSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
- State v. BorstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- Alexander v. City of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
- Patrick R. Kennedy v. Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
- State v. PaulickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
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