Neighbors v. State

Defendant, Alvin Neighbors, was charged in the district court of Tulsa county with the crime of murder. He was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to serve a term of 20 years in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.

The only assignment of error relied upon by defendant for a reversal of this case is error of the court in refusing to grant counsel, appointed by the court, a reasonable time to prepare for trial, to the end that they might intelligently and properly represent the defendant, and thereby forced, coerced and intimidated the defendant into waiving…