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STATE v. COBB

No. 25.

243 S.E.2d 759 (1978)

STATE of North Carolina v. Ronnie James COBB and Thomas Barr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., Thomas P. Moffitt, Associate Atty., Raleigh, for the State.

Mathias P. Hunoval, Wilmington, for defendant appellant Cobb.

H. P. Laing, Wilmington, for defendant appellant Barr.

BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant Barr assigns as error the failure of the court to appoint counsel until the day of his preliminary hearing on 5 May 1977.

On 25 April 1977, defendant Barr executed an affidavit of indigency, and, on 5 May 1977, when he appeared for preliminary hearing on the charges against him, District Court Judge Walker appointed attorney Harold P. Laing to represent defendant on the charges against him. Defense counsel then moved for continuance...

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