Atwell v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant, Leslie W. Atwell, stands convicted in the Circuit Court of Houston County, Alabama, of second degree burglary. Appellant was sentenced to a seven-year term in the penitentiary of the State of Alabama. From said conviction and sentence, this appeal is taken.

At arraignment appellant was found indigent and desired a lawyer to defend him. The court appointed Honorable William L. Lee, III, one of the leading lawyers at the Dothan bar to represent him at trial. Mr. Lee was vigorous in his defense of appellant and preserved his rights at every stage of the trial proceedings.…