People v. Redmond

¶ 1 Defendant Carl Redmond, arrested and charged in a domestic battery case for the third time, argues that his conviction should be overturned because the trial court failed to adequately warn him about proceeding without an attorney. After rejecting the services of at least six attorneys over a 17-month period and after being encouraged by the trial judge a dozen times to accept the services of an attorney, defendant indicated that he wanted to proceed pro se . He was tried by a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to 364 days in jail.

¶ 2 Now, defendant argues for the first time that his…