Smith v. State

John F. Stroud, Jr., Judge.

Chris Smith was charged with manufacturing a controlled substance and possessing drug paraphernalia, the charges being brought after the Third judicial

Drug Task Force executed a search warrant upon his home. He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to respective terms of one hundred forty-four months and twenty months in the Arkansas Department of Correction, the terms to run consecutively. On appeal he contends that the trial court erred 1) by denying his right to choose his own counsel or to proceed pro se, 2) by denying his motion to exclude his inculpatory…