People v. Reynold

Defendant was tried before a jury and convicted of armed robbery (MOLA § 750.529 [Stat Ann 1969 Cum Supp §28.797]). On appeal, defendant alleges numerous errors.

Defendant’s first assignment of error is that tbe trial court failed to ascertain whether defendant intelligently waived his right to counsel. No waiver of counsel, however, is disclosed in the record. Assigned counsel was with defendant throughout the trial, and on numerous occasions he spoke or argued on defendant’s behalf. That defendant himself chose to conduct the cross-examination of witnesses did not constitute a waiver of…