Hendricks v. State

POWELL, Judge.

Robert Hendricks, plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged by information in the district court of Craig County with the crime of murder, was tried before a jury, convicted and his punishment fixed at death.

The record discloses that the trial court at time of arraignment appointed Mr. Paul O. Simms, who had represented defendant in prior proceedings, to represent him; also that Mr. Simms at trial was assisted by another attorney appointed by the court, Mr. William W. Bailey of the Vinita Bar. Mr. Simms died after perfecting the appeal to this court.…