Gasque v. State

We allowed appellant’s petition for certiorari to bring up his case on a delayed appeal of his conviction. Appellant, an indigent, is represented in this Court by his court-appointed counsel, W. Ritchie Smith, Jr., a member of the Cumberland County Bar. The case on appeal has been agreed to by appellant’s counsel and the State, and the case on appeal and the brief of appellant have been mimeographed in the same manner as if he were a rich man.

Appellant assigns as error, based upon his exception No. 3, as stated in the agreed case on appeal: “No lawyer was appointed to represent the defendant…