Ex parte Epperson

KRUEGER, Judge.

Relator, who is confined in the state penitentiary by virtue of two felony convictions less than capital, has applied to this court for a writ of habeas corpus by means of which he seeks to obtain his release from said institution. He bases his contentions for the writ and his release thereunder on the sole ground that the trial court declined to appoint counsel for him to represent him on the trial of his case; that this was a violation of his rights under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

The Presiding Judge of this Court,…