In Re Brooks

The petitioner has filed his petition asking for the issuance of a citation to the public defender ordering him to show cause why he should not represent the petitioner on a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the LaPorte Circuit Court. The public defender has filed his answer.

The petitioner was charged with Grand Larceny and thereafter an attorney entered his appearance and the cause was submitted to the Criminal Court of Marion County, Div. 1, without intervention of a jury on December 6, 1962. The petitioner was found guilty of a lesser included offense of petit larceny and sentenced to…