State v. Watkins

Donald Frank Watkins was accused, by information, of first degree assault, and convicted, in a trial to the court with a jury, of the lesser included offense, second degree assault. He appeals from the judgment entered on the verdict raising issues concerning the giving of a supplemental jury instruction and coercion of the verdict. We affirm.

The pertinent facts are as follows: Watkins fired several shots, from a revolver, at the victim during a dispute on March 25, 1978. At a 314-day trial, Watkins represented himself pro se, at his request, 1 and had a court appointed attorney for a legal…