State v. LeVier

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

This proceeding deals with an indigent prisoner’s right to have court-appointed counsel represent him upon a parole hearing before the state board of probation and parole.

In March, 1962, appellant James T. LeVier was convicted in the district court of Shawnee county, Kansas, of the offenses of assault with intent to ravish and of temporarily depriving the owner of an automobile of the use thereof. A previous felony conviction being shown, he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not to exceed twenty years. Upon direct appeal this…