Yates v. State

STOKES, ROBERT, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor and posssession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

It is urged that the trial court erred in failing to provide counsel for the appellant and the deprivation resulted in a confession being unlawfully admitted into evidence against the appellant.

Appellant states that he requested counsel at his first appearance hearing some seventy two (72) hours after arrest, but one was not appointed until approximately sixty eight (68) days after his arrest.

Examination of the record clearly…