State v. Randolph

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v.

NATHAN LAMAR RANDOLPH

No. COA08-1138

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed August 18, 2009

This case not for publication

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Amanda P. Little, for the State.

Appellate Defender Staples Hughes, by Assistant Appellate Defender David W. Andrews, for defendant-appellant.

STEELMAN, Judge.

When the statutory requirements set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1242 were not complied with, it was error for the trial court to allow a criminal defendant to proceed to trial without counsel.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 16…