People v. Winfrey

Defendant appeals from his jury conviction in the Macomb County Circuit Court on two felony charges: first, forgery, 1 and second, uttering and publishing a forged check. 2 He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of from 2 to 14 years on each count.

On appeal, defendant contends, as he did in a motion for new trial submitted in the trial court, that he was improperly denied his constitutional right to counsel at the preliminary examination and at trial. The record manifests that at no time in these proceedings, nor at sentencing, was defendant represented by a lawyer.

Defendant, together…