State v. Escamilla

Defendant entered a guilty plea to a charge of robbery, and after receiving the maximum sentence provided by section 28-414, R. R. S. 1943, perfected an appeal to this court. Defendant assigns as error the fact that he was not represented by counsel at his arraignment or at the presentence hearing, as well as the severity of the sentence.

Defendant, a Mexican 22 years of age, had three previous felony convictions and was on parole at the time of the crime herein. About 1 a. m., April 2, 1967, defendant, possibly under the influence of intoxicating liquor and three yellow-jacket pills, stopped…