People v. Spruytte

Defendant was charged with unarmed robbery, MCLA 750.530; MSA 28.798. Upon trial to a jury he was convicted of the lesser included offense of larceny from the person, MCLA 750.357; MSA 28.589. He appeals of right.

He asserts error by reason of the trial judge’s denial of his retained attorney’s motion to withdraw from the case on the stated ground that the defendant "does not desire my services, and if he is not going to cooperate with me, I can’t possibly do the job, to do the best job possible in his defense”.

To this the defendant replied that he "didn’t hire Mr. Huff”, but that he "went to…