Legal Opinion

State v. Rogers

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided December 2, 2008No. COA08-188PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STROUD, Judge.

Defendant appeals from judgments entered pursuant to jury verdicts finding him guilty of felonious breaking and entering, habitual misdemeanor assault, second degree rape and second degree sexual offense. Defendant contends he is entitled to a new trial because the trial court refused to appoint an attorney to represent him, and .then failed to provide him with basic legal materials to effectively represent himself. We disagree and conclude instead that defendant received a fair trial, free of reversible error.

I. Background

Defendant married Lisa 1 in 1995. They separated in…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. State v. BarnesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1997
  4. State v. ThackerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  5. State v. BlankenshipSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. State v. BrunsonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2012
  4. State v. HarvinCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2019
  5. State v. ReavesCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2015

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