Vowell v. Lopez
Vowell, Commissioner of Public Welfare of Texas v. Lopez
Vowell v. Lopez, 411 U.S. 939 (1973)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
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(holding that arrest warrant initiated state prosecution for Kirby purposes because New York law equates the issuance of an arrest warrant on probable cause with the filing of an indictment)
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(filing of complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 3 and arrest warrant does not trigger Sixth Amendment right to counsel)
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(right attached upon issuance of arrest warrant under New York penal law)
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