In Re Rose

On this petition for habeas corpus petitioner contends that he was so inadequately represented at the trial court level that, in fact, he did not have any representation at all, and so was deprived of his constitutional right to counsel. (Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 [83 S.Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799, 93 A.L.R.2d 733].)

This ease had its inception in 1958. In that year petitioner was charged with kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207), assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 245) and oral copulation (Pen. Code, § 288a). At all pertinent times he was represented by…