People v. Bailey

Defendant, a 15-year-old juvenile, entered a qualified guilty plea to entering, without breaking, a Detroit School Board building with the intent to commit larceny, MCL 750.111; MSA 28.306. He was originally placed on probation but was later committed for delinquency placement because his mother did not respond to the court’s request to take defendant home on probation.

On appeal as of right, defendant argues that his plea-based conviction must be reversed because he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel by the provision of "house counsel” employed by the…