Rogers v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to thirty-five years in the penitentiary. Prior to arraignment, the court ascertained that appellant wanted a lawyer but was not financially able to employ one and the court appointed counsel to represent and defend him. At arraignment he interposed a plea of not guilty. The court appointed another lawyer to represent appellant on appeal.

It is undisputed that appellant shot and killed the deceased on July 20, 1973, with one shotgun blast with a sixteen gauge single action gun using number eight shot. It is also…