State v. Jenkins

ALAN M. BLANKENSHIP, Special Judge.

Dontay Jenkins (defendant) was convicted following a jury trial of robbery in the first degree, § 569.020, RSMo 2000. Defendant appeared at trial pro se after discharging his appointed counsel. The trial court found him to be a prior offender and sentenced him to imprisonment for a term of fifteen years. 1 Defendant appeals contending the trial court erred in allowing him to proceed to trial without counsel in violation of his rights to due process and to counsel, as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and article 1,…