Supreme Court of Colorado April 16, 1973, 25175 (People v. Shearer)

MR. JUSTICE ERICKSON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On December 4, 1948, a furniture store was robbed and the proprietor, Max Perotin, was murdered. William Shearer was arrested by the police, confessed, and was charged with first-degree murder. He was seventeen years old at the time, and he was indigent. The court appointed an experienced and well-known Denver lawyer to represent him.