State v. Thompson

¶1 In three separate, notorious trials, Curtis Thompson was convicted of numerous charges stemming from a series of violent crimes in 2004. He contends his convictions should be reversed because the court refused his requests for substitute counsel or pro se status, thus violating his constitutional rights to conflict-free counsel and self-representation. But any conflicts between Thompson and his attorney were entirely of Thompson’s deliberate making and did not interfere with counsel’s effective representation. Thompson’s initial requests to represent himself were equivocal and plainly…