BELCHER, Commissioner.
This conviction is for the offense of child desertion; the punishment, eighteen months in the penitentiary.
After conviction, appellant secured counsel and filed a motion for a new trial alleging that the trial court erred in failing to appoint an attorney to "prepare and present" his application for a suspended sentence.
It was shown on the motion for a new trial that after appellant had advised the court that he wanted counsel...
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