Mixon v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is burglary of a private residence at night; the punishment, enhanced by proof of two prior convictions of felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.

Appellant’s conviction was affirmed by this Court on March 20, 1963, and is reported in Mixon v. State, 365 S.W.2d 364. Two days before this conviction became final, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its opinion in Douglas and Meyes v. People of State of California, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S.Ct. 814, 9 L.Ed.2d 811, which established the rule that an indigent has a right to be represented by…