LAWRENCE v. STATE

No. 7327SC254.

196 S.E.2d 623 (1973)

18 N.C. App. 260

Douglas Eugene LAWRENCE v. STATE of North Carolina.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, by Associate Atty. Gen. E. Thomas Maddox, Jr., for the State.

Ramseur & Gingles, by Ralph C. Gingles, Jr., Gastonia, for plaintiff appellant.


MORRIS, Judge.

The only question for our determination is whether defendant was entitled to court-appointed counsel at his trial.

On 12 June 1972 the Supreme Court of the United States held "that absent a knowing and intelligent waiver, no person may be imprisoned for any offense, whether classified as petty, misdemeanor, or felony, unless he was represented by counsel at his trial." Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25, 37, 92...

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