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STATE v. GERALD

No. 33.

284 S.E.2d 312 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. Doug GERALD.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Elaine J. Guth, Raleigh, for state.

Adam Stein, Appellate Defender, and Marc D. Towler, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant.

BRITT, Justice.

By his first assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial judge erred in failing to conduct a hearing to determine whether defendant wished to represent himself after defendant stated to the court that he did not want a lawyer.

This alleged error arose out of an incident that occurred during jury selection in which defendant spontaneously began to address the court. The trial judge immediately...

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