State v. Watts

HEDRICK, Judge.

The defendant contends the court erred in denying his motion to have counsel assigned to represent him and in denying his motion to continue the case for a “couple of weeks” to give him an .opportunity to obtain a lawyer. In State v. Smith, 27 N.C. App. 379, 219 S.E. 2d 277 (1975), in which the facts were remarkably similar to the facts in the present case, Judge Clark wrote,

“In this case the defendant delayed until the day his case was scheduled for trial before moving to withdraw the waiver and have counsel assigned. If this tactic is employed successfully, defendants will be…