Lee v. State

STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.

Marlin Tudor Lee filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this Court, alleging that he had been convicted of a felony in the Superior Court of Pima County and that he was an inmate of the State Penitentiary at Florence, Arizona. The only significant assertion in his petition is that at the time of being sentenced to prison his counsel was not present.

This Court referred the petition to the Attorney General for a response. From the response, it was established that Lee had requested and the court had appointed counsel to represent him in a felony…