State v. Watts, 7626SC840
Decision Date | 06 April 1977 |
Docket Number | No. 7626SC840,7626SC840 |
Citation | 32 N.C.App. 753,233 S.E.2d 669 |
Court | North Carolina Court of Appeals |
Parties | STATE of North Carolina v. Roland Lee WATTS, Jr. |
Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Ralf F. Haskell, Raleigh, for the State.
Walter H. Bennett, Jr., Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.
Id. at 381, 219 S.E.2d at 279.
The record in the present case reveals that this case was calendared for trial on 19 May 1976, at which time defendant informed the court that he had discharged his attorney on 4 May 1976 and the court entered an order allowing the attorney to withdraw. Defendant stated that he was not ready for trial because he had been unable to retain new counsel. The court, based upon defendant's statement that he earned $400 to $500 per week, found and concluded that defendant was not indigent and not entitled to the appointment of counsel, and defendant signed a written waiver of his right to have assigned counsel. After the court granted defendant a continuance, the record of the 19 May 1976 proceeding reveals the following exchange between the court and the defendant:
Defendant delayed until his case was called for trial again during the week of 5 July 1976 to move to withdraw...
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