Keene v. Holman’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. ““Our examination of the record satisfies us that the petitioner’s contention with respect to the alleged insane witness was fully and fairly considered and decided by the State court and that it was not necessary for the district' court to conduct a plenary hearing thereon. But we cannot agree that is so with respect to petitioner’s contention that he had been denied counsel at his trial. Petitioner distinctly raised this contention in his petition to the Circuit Court of Walker County for a writ of error coram nobis. That court, however, considered only whether he had been given sufficient time to obtain counsel, not whether he, an indigent defendant who had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, had been deprived of the benefit of appointed counsel for his defense. On that question, therefore, the district court should have given the petitioner a plenary hearing. Townsend v. Sain, 1963, 372 U.S. 293 , 83 S.Ct. 745 , 9 L.Ed.2d 770 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Keene v. Holman