Legal Opinion
State v. Hughan
Nebraska Court of Appeals
Decided August 30, 2005No. A-05-039PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cassel, Judge.
INTRODUCTION
In this appeal from the district court for Buffalo County, we consider the motion of Cary Lyn Hughan, who asserts indigence, for court-appointed counsel. Because we conclude that Hughan’s constitutional right to appointed counsel extends only to her first appeal as a matter of right, which was the appeal from county court to district court, we overrule her motion.
BACKGROUND
Hughan was convicted in the county court for Buffalo County upon a plea of no contest to a misdemeanor offense of driving under the influence of alcohol and was subsequently sentenced. Hughan…
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