California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Beaty, In re, 414 P.2d 817, 51 Cal.Rptr. 521, 64 Cal.2d 760 (Cal. 1966):
In this habeas corpus proceeding petitioner seeks his release from the state prison at Folsom on the ground that the assistance given him by appointed counsel was so inadequate as to deprive him of his constitutional right to counsel. (Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S.Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799.)
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