State v. Nelson

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This appeal from defendant’s conviction of second degree murder presents a facet of the court appointed counsel problem that we have not seen before. On 12 February 1982, immediately after his arrest and several months before trial, defendant was found to be indigent and Attorney Milton Fitch, Jr. was appointed to represent him. Shortly thereafter, exactly when the record does not show though the indication is that it was also several months before trial, defendant’s mother, wife and sister hired Attorney Robert A. Farris to assist appointed counsel. On 25 October 1982, the…