State v. Bullock

BILLINGS, Justice.

The defendant brings forward four assignments of error. We agree with the defendant that he is entitled to a new trial because the trial judge did not comply with N.C.G.S. § 15A-1242 before allowing the defendant to be tried without counsel. Since the other issues, relating to evidentiary questions and remarks by the trial judge, are not likely to arise upon the new trial, we have chosen not to address those assignments of error.

The State’s evidence tended to show that the defendant engaged in fellatio with his two sons. The situation central to this appeal arose before…