Williams v. Crouse

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The appellant, Willie Williams, has appealed from the judgment of the district court of Leavenworth entered on November 15, 1963, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Pertinent facts occurring prior to the filing of his petition for habeas corpus are summarized: On March 29, 1960, the defendant appeared before the district court of Johnson County for arraign ment on three counts of burglary in the second degree and grand larceny. Being without counsel and without funds with which to employ counsel and desiring that counsel be…