State v. Hackney

While Judge Williams did not specifically find that tbe petitioner, James W. Hackney, requested tbe judge at tbe January Term 1950 of tbe Superior Court of Chatham County to appoint counsel to represent him at tbe trial, and tbe judge failed to do so, tbe evidence is uncontradieted to that effect, and we assume such to be tbe fact. Petitioner’s contention that this deprived him of a substantial constitutional right given to him by Art. I, secs. 11 and 17 of tbe North Carolina Constitution and tbe 14th Amendment to tbe U. S. Constitution rests solely upon bis bald assertion that be requested…