Carter v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

This Fayette County case arose as a part of a lengthy, ongoing dispute between appellant Anthony Carter and a neighbor, Lester Walden, which dispute was, apparently, referred to locally as the “Carter/Walden feud.” In this instance, a jury found appellant Carter guilty of misdemeanor criminal trespass for piling dirt against Walden’s fence, thereby causing damage to the fence and to Walden’s property. In addition to the above conviction, appellant, who represented himself at trial, ignored numerous warnings by the trial court and repeatedly cast aspersions upon Lester Walden…