State v. Grady

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Bobby Ray Grady appeals his conviction of first degree rape, first degree sexual offense, and second degree kidnapping. Defendant argues on appeal that he is a "gray area" defendant as described in Indiana v. Edwards, 554 U.S. 164, 171 L.Ed.2d 345, 128 S.Ct. 2379 (2008) -competent to stand trial, but not to represent himself and, therefore, the trial court erred by allowing defendant to represent himself without determining that he was competent to do so. We disagree, and find that the trial court did not err in allowing defendant to represent himself.

Facts

On 13 March…