FOWLKES v. STATE

No. 862, September Term, 1985.

67 Md. App. 102 (1986)

506 A.2d 660

JEFFREY FOWLKES AKA ANTHONY JOHNSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Granted June 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Colvin, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Ann E. Singleton, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Kurt L. Schmoke, State's Atty. for Baltimore City and Robert Gilbert, Asst. State's Atty. for Baltimore City, on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before BLOOM, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.


ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

This case presents for review a trial judge's ruling, pursuant to Maryland Rule 4-215, that Jeffrey Fowlkes, a/k/a Anthony Johnson, appellant, who had discharged his counsel, represent himself at trial. We find no error; therefore, we will affirm.

Effective July 1, 1984, the Court of Appeals promulgated Maryland Rule 4-215, Waiver of Counsel, which included subsection (d), as follows:1

(d...

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