The defendant-petitioner presents a very clear-cut proposition of law in his petition. Is the refusal of the committing Magistrate to assign counsel on the preliminary hearing sufficient ground for vacating a judgment of conviction upon a plea of guilty to the indictment subsequently returned by the Grand Jury?
There seems to be no question of fact requiring a hearing since there is no issue raised and the transcript of the preliminary...
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