Williams v. State

COLE, Judge.

In this case we are asked to decide whether the trial court’s refusal to permit the Petitioner to state his reasons for wanting to discharge his attorney was reversible error, and whether the trial court erred in denying Petitioner’s motion for a new trial because the verdicts were inconsistent.

The facts are not complicated. The Petitioner, Michael Williams, was charged by information with assault with intent to maim, attempted murder, assault, unlawfully carrying a handgun, and unlawful use of a handgun in the commission of a felony or crime of violence. The case was called for…