Court Opinion

ID: 9863256
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 03:18:39.078127+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:39:37.128838
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
MORRISON, Judge.
It is urged that Pate v. Holman, 5 Cir., 341 F.2d 764, requires that petitioner’s conviction be held to be void. Petitioner relied upon an affidavit made by his court appointed counsel which we discussed in our original opinion. In such affidavit there is no showing that appellant ever made his wish for appellate review known to the trial judge or to any of the State officials enumerated in Pate v. Holman, supra.
We do not construe Pate, relied upon by petitioner, as holding that a court appointed attorney is such a state official. It should be remembered that Article 494a V.A.C.C.P. provides for compensation of attorneys only for bona fide appeal. It is clear from Attorney Nugent’s affidavit that he did not consider petitioner’s case as one which would merit a bona fide appeal.
Petitioner’s motion for rehearing is overruled.