Jones v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of rape and the jury fixed his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. Appellant had retained counsel at arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty. On the day his case was called for trial his retained counsel informed the Court that appellant had not paid any amount on his fee although he had made numerous promises to do so before trial and counsel told the Court that he was withdrawing from the case.

The trial court asked an experienced trial lawyer if he would accept appointment to represent appellant and suggested that the case be passed one…