People v. Esang

Following a jury trial in which he acted as his own counsel, Asuquo Esang was convicted of aggravated battery of a police officer and resisting arrest and sentenced to two concurrent two-year terms of imprisonment. He seeks reversal of his convictions, asserting that (1) the trial court erred in finding him competent to waive his right to counsel at a hearing to determine his fitness to stand trial; (2) the court failed to conduct a sufficient hearing to determine his fitness to stand trial; (3) the court improperly removed him from the courtroom, depriving him of the right to present…