Timothy Schepers v. State of Indiana

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

This case is before us on interlocutory appeal, where we determine whether Timothy Schepers’s right to a speedy trial under Indiana Criminal Rule 4 was violated. Schepers was charged with several criminal offenses, and the trial court appointed a public defender to represent him. Schepers subsequently filed a pro se motion to have the public defender removed as counsel and demanded a jury trial within seventy days pursuant to Criminal Rule 4.

After Schepers filed his motions and demand for a jury trial, and before a ruling was made on the request for removal of counsel, the…