State v. Johnson

The sole issue here is whether the defendant was entitled to counsel at the time of his trial on a felony charge.

At his first appearance in court, he was established to be indigent and an attorney was appointed to represent him. Such court-appointed attorney represented him at the time of the preliminary hearing and at the arraignment.

At a court proceeding to set a date for trial, the court-appointed attorney stated that he could not try the case until a date in April. The defendant, as is uncommon enough these days, insisted upon the case being tried at an earlier date. The defendant, a…