Gatewood v. State

Appellant, Troy Arness Gatewood, appeals from his convictions on three counts of distribution of cocaine, after a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Cecil County. In his timely appeal, appellant presents for our consideration four issues, which, as recast and reordered, are:

1. Did the trial court abuse its discretion by refusing to disqualify the prosecutor?

2. Did the trial court err in denying appellant’s motion to suppress?

3. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in refusing to permit appellant to represent himself?

4. Did the trial court err in the imposition of sentence?

Finding neither…