State v. McCorvey

would grant the writ application and assigns reasons.

1 defendant was found guilty by the district court of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and adjudged a fourth-felony offender. The court sentenced defendant to 10 years imprisonment at hard labor. Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence, arguing the district court erred by allowing him to represent himself at trial without conducting a hearing as required by Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975). The court of appeal affirmed defendant’s conviction and sentence, finding defendant’s…