State v. Gordon

Defendant appeals his conviction of assault in the nurth degree, assigning as error the trial court’s revisal to appoint counsel for him on the ground that he was not indigent.

Defendant was arraigned on January 4, 1979, at hich time he indicated that he wished to have coun-d appointed for him. He was referred to the case )ordinator and filled out a financial statement. This ;atement disclosed that defendant, age 19, was un-Larried with no dependents, had less than a high :hool education and had quit his last job a month and half earlier with the intention of joining the Navy, e listed no…