Farrell v. Turner

ELLETT, Justice.

Heretofore in a criminal case Mrs. Farrell was charged with violating Section 76-50-6, U.C.A.1953, which makes it a felony to carry or send into a prison anything to aid a prisoner to escape. At her arraignment she said she did not want an attorney. The court explained the right to have an attorney during the following colloquy taken from the record:

THE COURT: Mrs. Farrell, you are charged in an information, which I hand you a copy of it, with the felony of furnishing implements to aid a prisoner to escape. This is a serious charge and is punishable by imprisonment for a term…