State of Wyo. v. Cleveland Brown

OPINION

Blume, Justice.

On October 11, 1943, the County and Prosecuting Attorney of Lincoln County, Wyoming, filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of Lincoln County, Wyoming, an information charging the defendant, Cleveland Brown, Jr., hereinafter called defendant, with the crime of murder in the first degree for killing one Elizabeth Kusnirik on October 1, 1943. On October 13, 1943, the defendant was brought into court and arraigned. The court inquired as to whether or not he had an attorney and defendant answered that he did not, and stated that he did not have any money. The…