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Constitutional Law Keyed to Choper
Ross v. Moffitt
Citation:
417 U.S. 600 (1974)Facts
Claude Franklin Moffitt was convicted of forgery and uttering a forged instrument in two separate North Carolina criminal prosecutions. Due to his indigency, he was represented by court-appointed counsel at trial and on his appeals as of right to the North Carolina Court of Appeals, where his convictions were affirmed. Following these affirmances, Moffitt sought discretionary review in the North Carolina Supreme Court. In the Mecklenburg County case, he was denied appointed counsel for this discretionary appeal. In the Guilford County case, he was represented by the same public defender who had represented him at trial and on his first appeal, but after the North Carolina Supreme Court denied review, he was denied appointed counsel to prepare a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court. Moffitt filed habeas corpus petitions in federal court, claiming his constitutional rights were violated by the denial of counsel for these discretionary reviews.
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