Mark Bates appeals his felony shoplifting conviction, arguing that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel when the trial court would not appoint a different lawyer to represent him but made him proceed to trial pro se. He also contends the trial court improperly commented on the evidence when it directed him to move along in his cross-examination of a witness, observing, "The jury is...
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