http://www.oyez.org/issues/civil-rights/indigents-appointment-counsel/ U.S. Supreme Court Cases, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1966/1966_98/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1962/1962_34/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1966/1966_252/ <p>Halbert pleaded no contest in a Michigan court to two counts of criminal sexual conduct. The day after Halbert's sentence was imposed, Halbert moved to withdraw his plea. The trial court denied the motion and told Halbert the property remedy for his complaint was the state appellate court. Michigan required a defendant convicted on a guilty or no contest plea to apply for leave of appeal to the state appellate court. Halbert asked the trial court twice to appoint counsel to help him with his application. The trial court refused. Without counsel, Halbert still applied for leave to appeal, which the court of appeals denied. The state supreme court also denied Halbert's application for leave to appeal to that court.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2004/2004_03_10198/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1956/1956_531_misc/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_1490/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_88_411/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_2099/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1973/1973_73_786/ <p>A California state-court jury convicted Lee Robbins of second degree murder and grand theft auto. After the trial, in which Robbins defended himself, his appointed counsel on appeal concluded that an appeal would be frivolous. Under a new California procedure, established in People v. Wende, Robbins' counsel then filed with the California Court of Appeal to allow him to withdraw or to let the court dispose of the case by filing a brief that was silent on the merits of the case and offered to brief issues at the court's direction. The court affirmed and, after Robbins appealed his own case, the California Supreme Court denied review. After exhausting his state post-conviction remedies, Robbins sought federal habeas corpus relief, arguing that he had been denied effective assistance of appellate counsel. The Federal District Court granted Robbins' petition and concluded that his counsel failed to meet even the minimum duty to further a client's case after determining that his appeal was without merit. The Court of Appeals affirmed, but remanded the case for the District Court to consider other trial errors raised by Robbins.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1999/1999_98_1037/