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242 Ark. 304

Barger v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 3, 1967

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1967-04-03

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 1971

2 state decisions

Relies on McIntyre v. State

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Decided 1967-04-03

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CoNley Byrd, Justice.

¶1This habeas corpus petitioner, John Barger, alleges that his constitutional right to the assistance of counsel was violated in that he was arrested in Pulaski County, Arkansas, in July, 1963; that he entered a plea of not guilty in the Pulaski Circuit Court on Septembér 4, 1963, when his case was passed with his consent to the September, 1963, term (which began on the fourth Monday of September); that no action was taken in the September, 1963, term nor in the March, 1964, term; and that on February 1, 1965, (a day of the September, 1964, term), he entered a plea of guilty to three charges of forgery and received a ten-year sentence on each charge — all without the assistance of counsel. The state admits that petitioner was not represented by counsel and it does not contend that he was advised of his right to the assistance of counsel.

¶2In McIntyre v. State 242 Ark. 229, 412 S. W. 2d 826, we held that under these circumstances the petitioner had not waived his consitutional right to the assistance of counsel. Therefore, we hold that petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus should have been granted and his Pulaski Circuit Court‘convictions set aside.

¶3Reversed and remanded.

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