The defendant admitted that he was asked whether he wanted counsel but he claims he was not advised that counsel would be assigned to him if he was unable to retain private counsel. This claim was directly contradicted by the testimony of the Justice who had presided at the arraignment. We need not in this case pass upon the question of whether the failure to give specific advice to a defendant of the right to assignment of counsel under section 308 of the Code of Criminal...
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