PORT HURON (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals says a man sent to prison on a stalking charge will get a new trial because he should have been warned about the risks of representing himself.
The Times Herald of Port Huron reports the court recently overturned the conviction of Anthony Lewis McCrory, 63.
According to the opinion, McCrory fired three appointed lawyers and a judge directed the third to assist McCrory in his defense but didn’t give the warning.
McCrory was arrested in November 2011 by police in Marysville on a charge of aggravated stalking. He lived in the St. Clair County community of Smiths Creek at the time. He was sentenced as a four-time habitual offender in 2012 to three to 25 years in prison.
- Posted September 28, 2015
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Man not cautioned about representing himself gets new trial
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