State v. Buckland

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This case is before us on a petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeal. It focuses on a defendant’s waiver of the right to counsel and the right of a pro se defendant to be represented at a sentence modification hearing when the State appears in opposition to the motion.

Stephen L. Buckland, the defendant who represented himself at trial, was convicted of one count of selling cocaine.

Buckland raised four issues before the Court of Appeals: (1) Did the trial court adequately determine that Buckland knowingly and intelligently…