Vaughn v. Rutledge

Carley, Justice.

After he was indicted for several offenses, Rutledge pled guilty and received partially probated sentences. When Rutledge was charged with a subsequent offense, a proceeding to revoke his probation was initiated. Rutledge neither employed counsel nor requested the appointment of counsel, and his probation was revoked after a hearing wherein he represented himself. Rutledge thereafter filed a petition for habeas corpus relief against Warden Vaughn. The habeas court granted the petition, finding that the trial court’s failure to in form Rutledge “of his right to appointed…