Downs v. Warden

*476OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, J.:

On October 27, 1973, the appellant was arrested and charged with larceny from the person (NRS 205.270), a felony. Until December 14, 1973, the date the criminal information was filed in district court, appellant was represented by the Clark County Public Defender’s Office. Thereafter, private counsel was retained in his behalf, following which, on January 24, 1974, he entered a plea of not guilty, was later tried by jury, and on October 1, 1974, a guilty verdict was returned on the larceny from the person charge.

Subsequently, on October 20, 1974, appellant…