Scott v. State

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This case involves a petition for habeas corpus filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court by an inmate of the Arkansas penitentiary without assistance of an attorney of record. The petition was denied by the Circuit Court and petitioner has appealed.

Petitioner, Billy Scott, was arrested in Pulaski County on or about March 26, 1964, and on April 3,1964, he was charged on information filed by the prosecuting attorney, with the crime of assault with intent to kill. On June 1, 1964, he entered a plea of not guilty in the Pulaski County Circuit Court and the case was passed to…