Case Name: PEOPLE v. HAIST
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1969-03-28
Citations: 16 Mich. App. 671
Docket Number: Docket No. 4,280
Parties: PEOPLE v. HAIST
Judges: BEFORE: McGregor, P. J., and R. B. Burns and Danhof, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 16
Pages: 671–672

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v. HAIST
Criminal Law — Due Process — Eight to Assistance of Counsel— Waiver.
Failure of the trial court to advise defendant of his constitutional right to court-appointed counsel, either before pleading guilty or at his sentencing, prevents the Court of Appeals from concluding that defendant knowingly waived such assistance, and therefore defendant’s conviction must be reversed.
References for Points in Headnote
16 Am Jur 2d, Constitutional Law § 573.
21 Am Jur 2d, Criminal Law §§ 316, 317.
Workmen’s compensation: right to compensation as affected by fact that injured employee earns, or is offered, as much as, or more than, before the injury. 149 ALE 445.
Duty to advise accused as to right to assistance of counsel. 3 ALR2d 1003.
Appeal from Allegan, Chester A. Kay, J.
Submitted Division 3 March 10, 1969, at Grand Rapids.
(Docket No. 4,280.)
Decided March 28, 1969.
Edward "William Haist was convicted of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. Defendant appeals.
Reversed.
Edward Read Barton, for defendant on appeal.
BEFORE: McGregor, P. J., and R. B. Burns and Danhof, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant pled guilty to breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny, CL 1948, § 750.110 as amended by PA 1964, No 133 (Stat Ann 1968 Cum Snpp § 28.305), and on appeal contends that the manner in which the lower court accepted his plea effectively denied him his right to counsel. The record discloses that the court did not advise defendant of his constitutional right to court-appointed counsel, either before pleading or at his sentencing.' GCR 1963, 785.3(1). Without recorded evidence of defendant's knowledge of his right to appointed counsel, we cannot conclude he knowingly waived it.
Conviction reversed and remanded for a new trial.