State v. Mandina

NORWIN D. HOUSER, Special Judge.

Frank Vito Mandina appeals from a conviction of Burglary Second Degree upon trial by jury and an 8-year sentence by the trial judge under the Second Offender Act.

There was no abuse of discretion in refusing to allow the assistant public defender to withdraw and in refusing defendant an opportunity to obtain counsel of his own choosing. At arraignment on December 12, 1974, following a finding of indigen-cy, the court appointed the Circuit Public Defender of the Twenty Second Judicial Circuit as counsel for defendant, and James Bucher, an assistant in that…