State v. Sandoval

OPINION

E. T. HENSLEY, Jr., Chief Judge, Court of Appeals.

Having been charged, tried and convicted in the District Court of De Baca County with the offense of burglary the defendant was then duly charged, tried and convicted with being an habitual criminal. Following a sentence of life imprisonment, the defendant through his own efforts initiated this appeal and sought a substitution of court-appointed counsel.

The appellant based his appeal on twelve propositions, the first of which was that 'the court-appointed attorney was inadequate. The same trial counsel was thereafter appointed to…