State v. Chandler, 2019-UP-333
Decision Date | 09 October 2019 |
Docket Number | 2019-UP-333 |
Court | Court of Appeals of South Carolina |
Parties | The State, Respondent, v. Edward Terrell Chandler, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2016-001554 |
THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
Submitted September 1, 2019
Appeal From Edgefield County Eugene C. Griffith, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Samuel R. Hubbard, III, of Lexington, all for Respondent.
Edward Terrell Chandler appeals his convictions and aggregate sixty-year sentence for first-degree burglary, strong armed robbery, kidnapping, and first-degree criminal sexual conduct, arguing the trial court erred by requiring him to demonstrate a heightened level of competency when it denied his pretrial motion to relieve counsel and proceed pro se, which improperly forced him to choose between his right to self-representation and his right to a speedy trial. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 693-94 (2003) () ; State v. King, 416 S.C. 92, 112, 784 S.E.2d 252, 262 (Ct. App. 2016) (), rev'd on other grounds, 424 S.C. 188, 818 S.E.2d 204 (2018).
AFFIRMED.[1]
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Notes:
[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
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