State v. Powell

LAKE, Justice.

Simultaneously with filing his brief in this Court, the defendant moved for permission to present an additional assignment of error not set forth in his case on appeal. The proposed assignment was the failure of the trial judge to conduct an *676inquiry into the competency of the original court appointed counsel when the defendant asserted his desire to dispense with his further services. This point is presented in the defendant’s brief with the statement, “No cases on point have been found.” The motion is denied. No question of counsel’s competency was then or is now raised.

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