Schneider v. Commonwealth

BIRD, Judge.

Alfred Schneider was convicted of a felony and sentenced to twenty-one years in the penitentiary. He appeals and offers various grounds for reversal. We need to discuss only one.

On the day of trial he discharged his attorneys. For further details we quote from an affidavit of the Commonwealth’s Attorney:

“On June 10, 1958, the case was called for trial, the defendant appeared in open court in the presence of one of his attorneys, Hon. A. Roy Copeland, and stated to the Court that his attorneys were trying to force him to plead guilty to a charge of which he was not guilty and he…