Grace v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge:

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of robbery, with punishment fixed at twenty years in the penitentiary.

The indictment was returned on October 11, 1967. An attorney was appointed to represent defendant on October 24, 1967, and on that day he was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. Trial was had on February 15, 1968. A motion for a new trial was filed and was denied.

Court appointed counsel argues in brief that appellant’s constitutional rights were violated for failure to have counsel present at his preliminary hearing, and states: “As a matter…