Mullens v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This conviction was for burglary with intent to steal. Attached to his motion for a new trial is appellant’s affidavit, in which he states that, by some misunderstanding, counsel supposed to have been employed to defend him, did not appear in his behalf, and it would seem that this failure was attributable to the fact that he did not pay or secure their fee. Nothing seems to have been said in regard to this matter until after his conviction. How this could possibly constitute a ground for a new trial is not apparent. It is insisted that the evidence is insufficient to support…