State v. Wagner

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellants, Melville Wagner and Silas McKain, together with one Harold Edwards, were charged with simple burglary of a service station located in Mandeville, Louisiana. Edwards pleaded guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary at hard labor for three years. Wagner and McKain were found guilty after a trial at which they were represented by an experienced attorney. Subsequent to their conviction, but before sentence, the attorney withdrew from the case and their present counsel were employed. As soon as they were retained, counsel made inquiry relative…