Ivory v. State

hAn Independence County jury convicted appellant Lee Sullivan Ivory of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and failure to appear. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to an aggregate term of forty-two years in prison. He does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions. His only argument is that the trial court erred in permitting him to represent himself at trial. We affirm.

I. Arraignments and Pretrial Hearings

A. Arraignment (Drug Offenses)— November 18, 2014

On November 14, 2014, the State filed an information charging Ivory…