United States of America Ex Rel. William Davis v. Hon. Daniel McMann Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York,respondent-Appellant

In its technical accuracy, the majority’s statement at the outset of its opinion, that “At no time after the impaneling of the jury did Davis have the assistance of counsel,” is highly misleading. Since in my opinion, the decision of the court below and the majority here combine to approve a strategic pattern for defendants of the future to make a mockery of so-called “law and order” and the courtroom scene where some modicum of orderliness is supposed to prevail, I find it necessary to set forth at some length the events of 1962 as revealed in the State court record.

From date of arrest to…