People v. Kerridge

Defendant Kerridge was convicted in 1967 of robbery unarmed * and sentenced to 7 to 15 years in prison. A motion for a new trial on meritorious grounds was filed and granted late that year. The new trial began in April, 1968, and the events during that trial are the subject of this appeal. Following his conviction on the second trial, he was again sentenced to 7 to 15 years in prison with credit for previously served time.

It became evident early in the second trial that the defendant’s distrust of his attorney and his disdain for the court proceedings knew few bounds. He first informed his…