STATE v. SAMORA

No. 524.

479 P.2d 532 (1970)

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Joe Samora, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 31, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry L. Lamb, Lamb & Metzgar, Alburquerque, for defendant-appellant.

James A. Maloney, Atty. Gen., Leila Andrews, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

SPIESS, Chief Judge.

The defendant, tried and convicted before a jury of the crime of burglary contrary to § 40A-16-3, N.M.S.A. 1953 (1963 Supp.), urges upon appeal a single question which relates to the denial of effective assistance of appointed counsel. It is contended, in substance, that counsel's representation was so inadequate so as to deprive defendant of due process of law and to his right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment.

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