Lamar v. State

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

A jury convicted Cedric Treymaine Lamar of murder and related crimes in connection with the May 26, 1998 shooting death of Amir Gillani; the jury fixed Lamar’s sentence for the murder conviction at death. Because we find that Lamar was denied his constitutional right to self-representation, we reverse Lamar’s convictions and sentences. The State is authorized to retry Lamar and to again seek the death penalty.

Reversible Errors

1. Our review of the record reveals that although Lamar considered counsel’s pretrial preparations to be adequate, he eventually grew dissatisfied with…