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113 Wis. 248

Howard v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1902

Wisconsin Supreme Court · decided 1902-02-18

<p> Criminal law and, practice: Supreme court: Appointment of counsel for indigent persons. </p> <p>Sec. 4713, Stats. 1898, directing payment from the county treasury of counsel, appointed hy order of court to defend indigent persons charged with a crime, confers no authority upon the supreme court to make such appointment, and application for that purpose will be denied.</p>

Relies on McDonald v. State · Baker v. State

Motion denied · Decided 1902-02-18

Pee Cueiam.

¶1The plaintiff in error was convicted of assault with intent to kill, and was sentenced to imprisonment at Waupun. He had no means, and counsel was appointed to defend him in the trial court, but the appointment was limited to the trial term. A writ of error was sued out of this court, and a motion made in the trial court that counsel be appointed to represent the accused in this court, which motion was denied, although it was admitted that the plaintiff in error was still destitute of means. < Motion is now made in this court that counsel be appointed to prosecute the writ of error.

¶2It has been deliberately held by this court in at least two recent eases not only that this court will not appoint counsel for indigent persons charged with crime, but that sec. 4113, Stats. 1898, confers no such power upon this court. However'we might be inclined to view the question, were it an original proposition, we do not feel inclined to change a rule which has become so well settled. McDonald v. State, 80 Wis. 407; Baker v. State, 84 Wis. 584.

¶3Motion denied.’

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