People v. Harden

Defendant appeals from his conviction upon a plea of guilty to an information charging pandering, upon which plea a sentence of 2 to 5 years in the penitentiary was imposed. Defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment, or in the alternative, for a new trial, was denied.

Upon this appeal it is urged that defendant’s prosecution was not consistent with due process of law and fundamental fairness in that: (1) the trial court accepted an unknowing and involuntary waiver of defendant’s right to counsel; (2) the trial court accepted an unknowing and involuntary waiver of defendant’s right to be tried…