Winters v. Beck’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 2 district · 16 state decisions

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1. ““On the strength of Ark. Stat. Ann. Sec. 43-1203 (Repl. 1964), the courts of this state have always appointed attorneys to represent indigent defendants in felony cases. Thousands of misdemeanor cases are tried in the Municipal Courts of Pulaski County annually. In most of these cases the defendants are not represented by counsel. But petitioner contends that on the strength of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U. S. 335 , it is now the duty of the courts to appoint attorneys for indigents in misdemeanor cases. We do not so construe Wainwright . There, the court was dealing with a felony case where the defendant had been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Here, the petitioner, Winters, had 30 days to take an appeal to the Circuit Court. He did not appeal, although the procedure for appealing from the Municipal Court is very simple. The services of an attorney are not required at all.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 10 Ohio App. 2d 51 - City of Toledo v. Frazier