Jones v. State

HARRELL, Judge.

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Carl Eugene Jones, Jr. (Petitioner) asks us to determine whether his day-of-trial request for a postponement to secure counsel and continue review of discovery responses was denied properly. In urging us to conclude it was not, he relies on two grounds. The first is that the trial court improperly exercised its discretion in denying Jones counsel, where, after a concededly knowing and voluntary initial waiver of counsel, Jones effectively elected to withdraw his waiver and requested coun sel before trial began. Second, Jones complains that, as of the day of trial, he had not…