Legal Opinion

Summerlin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 5, 1966No. G-457Published

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge.

This appeal comes to us from a denial by the trial court of petitioner’s motion to vacate or set aside a judgment and conviction pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule No. 1, F.S.A. Chapter 924 Appendix.

Petitioner alleges that he was denied his constitutional rights in that he did not have assistance of counsel at his arraignment (at which time he pleaded guilty) or at the time sentence was imposed. In the court minutes a statement is found that the court found the defendant financially *78able to employ counsel to represent him. The record is silent as to whether the court advised…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mason v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1965
  2. Branch v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964

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