State v. Cowan

This is an appeal from the order of the superior court denying a motion to vacate a judgment of conviction in a criminal case.

The motion to vacate the judgment recited that, at the time of arraignment, an illegality occurred in the proceedings, in that defendant was not advised that he had a right to be represented by an attorney and was thereby deprived of his constitutional right to be represented by counsel at the time he was arraigned. Defendant also claimed in his motion that he had a valid defense to the crime charged in the information because of the fact that he was so intoxi cated at…