Does the Constitution require a state to appoint counsel for indigent prisoners seeking state post-conviction relief?
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The following excerpt is from Miller v. Keeney, 882 F.2d 1428 (9th Cir. 1989):
5 Neither does the Constitution require a state to appoint counsel for indigent prisoners seeking state post-conviction relief. Murray v. Giarratano, --- U.S. ----, 109 S.Ct. 2765, 106 L.Ed.2d 1 (1989).
6 The grant of a writ of certiorari is, of course, discretionary. 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1257 (1982); Hicks v. Miranda, 422 U.S. 332, 344, 95 S.Ct. 2281, 2289, 45 L.Ed.2d 223 (1975).
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