People v. Nations

The defendant and appellant was tried to a jury on an information of six counts of burglary and one count based on the Dangerous Weapons Act. He was also charged with two prior felony convictions. He was acquitted on count one, convicted of burglary in the second degree on counts two, four, five and six; of burglary in the first degree on count three, convicted of a violation of the Weapons Act, and found guilty of the two prior convictions. He appeals from the judgment and from the order denying a new trial. He has elected to appear as his own attorney though this court has always .been…