Michael J. Love v. State of Indiana

Altice, Judge.

Case Summary

[1] Michael Love was charged with two counts of attempted murder. For a period of time, Love was represented by either a public defender or private counsel. Eventually, however, Love requested and was granted permission to proceed pro se, and he did so for over ten months. At a hearing just days before Love's jury trial was set to begin, the trial court terminated his self-representation and, over Love's objection, directed Love's public defender, whom the trial court had appointed as standby counsel, to represent Love at the upcoming jury trial. The jury found Love…