Davenport v. State

Blackburn, Judge.

Following a jury trial, the appellant, David L. Davenport, pro se, was found guilty of the offense of taking lost or mislaid property, and appeals such conviction.

1. Davenport first enumerates as error, the trial court’s failure to establish that he knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to counsel in electing to proceed pro se.

“A waiver is ordinarily an intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege. The determination of whether there has been an intelligent waiver of the right to counsel must depend, in each case, upon the…