State v. Scarbrough

The issue is whether the defendant Scarbrough was denied his constitutional right of assistance of counsel for his defense.

The basic facts of the robbery as shown by the evidence offered by the state are as follows: Shortly after noon on August 23, 1970, Scarbrough came through the back doors of an A & P store located on West State Street in Milwaukee. He was carrying a brown bag and walked up to the checkout counter area and said to the assistant manager, Ronald Beitzel, that he wanted a package of Pall Mall cigarettes. When Beitzel turned around to give him the cigarettes the defendant…