State v. Ceja

OPINION

By the Court,

Coleman, C. J.:

The defendant was charged in the lower court by information with the crime of murdering one Charley Fong by stabbing him with a sharp instrument. Upon being brought into court for arraignment the court asked the defendant if he had an attorney to represent him. The defendant stated that he had no attorney, whereupon the court informed him that he was entitled to be represented by counsel and that it was the duty of the court to appoint an attorney to represent him. The defendant stated that he did not desire counsel, and consented to be arraigned without…