Haynes v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder, the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

Appellant filed his application for a suspended sentence. He had no counsel to represent him, and the court failed to appoint an attorney to prepare and present his application for a suspended sentence. After he was convicted, appellant secured counsel, and seasonably presented his motion for a new trial, which was by the court overruled. He now presents for our consideration his bill of exception, wherein he complains of the action of the trial court in failing to…