Kenneth Dwayne Vaughn v. State of Indiana

DAVID, Justice.

This case involves a trial court’s discretion in granting a mistrial. Defendant vacillated back and forth throughout the trial seeking to proceed pro se and at other times wanting court-appointed counsel. Ultimately, the relationship between defendant and his counsel reached its low point when later in the trial defendant testified. After being non-responsive to the first question his counsel asked, defendant began to complain to the jury about his counsel’s trial strategy. Defendant’s response to counsel’s question was also irrelevant and risked a mistrial.

Within a matter of a…