State v. Miller

Defendant was indicted for sodomy, under ORS 167.040, allegedly committed by bim on another prisoner in Multnomah County jail. .

In the first trial, for reasons not relevant here, á mistrial was declared. In this appeal, after conviction by a jury in the second trial, he raises several assignments of error, claiming a deprivation of his rights.

At two hearings held after the first and before the second trial, defendant demanded removal of court-appointed counsel and appointment of new counsel. No reason except lengthy generalizations about distrust of his lawyer was assigned for the request.…