Fields v. State

KING, P.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Marvin Fields was convicted of two counts of burglary by the Grenada County Circuit Court and sentenced to serve a term of seven years on each count in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The sentences were to be served concurrently. Aggrieved by his convictions and sentences, Fields appeals, raising the following issues as error which we quote verbatim:

I. The trial court erred when it compelled Mr. Fields to proceed pro se at trial and failed to follow the requirements of Faretta v. California in violation of his right to counsel under the…