State v. Lashley

HEDRICK, Judge.

The defendant in this case, as was his right under G.S. 1-11, appeared pro se and unfortunately proved to be a “poor lawyer and an unwise client.” State v. Pritchard, 227 N.C. 168, 41 S.E. 2d 287 (1947). Now, through court-appointed counsel, the defendant attempts to argue that the trial court erred in allowing the admission of certain evidence (evidence to which defendant offered no objection at the time of its admission) and in failing to warn the defendant of his right against self-incrimination when the defendant offered to testify in his own behalf. These several…