Lampley v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Jimmy A. Lampley appeals his thirteen convictions for violating a domestic violence protective order that prohibited him from contacting his girlfriend, D.M. 1 Lampley first contends that his trial judge violated his constitutional right to a jury trial, by preventing Lampley from arguing to the jury that he was not actually subject to the protective order on the particular days when he contacted his girlfriend. Lampley next contends that the trial judge violated his constitutional right to represent himself, by refusing to allow Lampley to discharge his…