State v. Sondag

The statute, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-1804.07 (Reissue 1979), requires only that when an indigent felony defendant appears before a judge without retained counsel, the judge shall advise him of his right to court-appointed counsel. This may be at the first appearance without counsel or at a later appearance if the defendant was not indigent at the time of his first appearance.

*664The record in this case shows that the defendant’s first appearance in the trial court without retained counsel was at the hearing on February 11, 1982, following the arraignment. Retained counsel’s motion to withdraw, made…