Beaver v. State

The parties herein will be referred to as they were in the lower court, that is, Beaver as the defendant and the defendant in error as the State. The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed at death by electrocution.

'This murder was done in the perpetration of a robbery. The' record shows that the defendant was an indigent *135person and the Public Defender of Shelby County was appointed to represent him on March 4, 1965. On July 19 of that year, the defendant indicated to the court that he did not want counsel and signed a waiver to this effect. The Public…