In re Baxter for Appointment of Counsel

On August 14, 1964, Petitioner was charged with Forgery by an affidavit filed in the Lawrence Circuit Court. On October 9, 1964, the Petitioner was first taken before a trial judge and he then requested a continuance of the arraignment so that he could have an opportunity to employ counsel. The court granted a five-day continuance of the arraignment and on October 15, 1964, the Petitioner again appeared in court without counsel. The arraignment was held and the Petitioner plead guilty and was sentenced to two to fourteen years in the Indiana Reformatory.

On May 29, 1968, the Petitioner filed…