State v. Wesson

Sanford Wesson was indicted, tried before court and jury, and convicted of the crime defined by section 712.1, Code 1962, of receiving and concealing stolen property exceeding $20 in value, knowing it had been stolen.

Defendant’s appeal comes to us upon a clerk’s transcript which presents mainly a question of constitutional law upon which we have apparently not before passed directly.

At the trial defendant insisted upon conducting his own defense. The trial judge permitted him to do so but requested an experienced attorney to remain at defendant’s side throughout the trial to answer any…