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STATE v. LUKER

No. 8318SC109.

310 S.E.2d 63 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. Ellis James LUKER, III.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Thomas B. Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Ann B. Petersen, Asst. Appellate Defender, and Adam Stein, Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

VAUGHN, Chief Judge.

It is a cardinal principle of criminal law that an indigent defendant has the right under the sixth amendment of the United States Constitution to assistance of counsel for his defense. Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25, 92 S.Ct. 2006, 32 L.Ed.2d 530 (1972); Gideon v. Wainright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S.Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799 (1963); State v. Hutchins, 303 N.C. 321...

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