BLACKSMITH v. STATE

No. 44,264

195 Kan. 523 (1965)

407 P.2d 486

HARMON LEITH BLACKSMITH, Appellant, v. STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 6, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan R. Aul, of Sabetha, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Thomas L. Medill, Jr., County Attorney, argued the cause, and Robert C. Londerholm, Attorney General, was with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is a proceeding instituted pursuant to K.S.A. 60-1507 in which the district court of Nemaha County, Kansas, denied the petitioner's motion for discharge from the Kansas State Penitentiary. Appeal has been duly perfected.

The only question raised by the petitioner, an indigent, is whether he was entitled to court-appointed counsel at his preliminary hearing in the criminal proceeding which...

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