State v. Blakeney

ZACHARY, Judge.

*453 Jonathan Blakeney (defendant) appeals from judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of a firearm by a felon and of having attainted the status of an habitual felon. On appeal defendant argues that the trial court erred by requiring defendant to represent himself at trial, on the grounds that defendant neither asked to *90 proceed pro se nor engaged in the type of serious misconduct that would result in an immediate forfeiture of defendant's right to counsel without a prior warning. After careful consideration, we agree.

I. Background

On 17 September…