Blea v. Cox

Petitioner seeks habeas corpus because of the failure of the trial court to advise petitioner, an indigent person, of his right to counsel or to furnish counsel at a hearing held seeking revocation of a suspended sentence.

Was there a denial of due process in the proceeding wherein the sentence previously imposed and suspended was invoked?

On February 22, 1960, petitioner entered a plea of guilty to the crime of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, and was sentenced to a term of not less than two years nor more than ten years in the penitentiary. The sentence was suspended during…