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Underwood v. State

Citations

  • 722 N.E.2d 828
  • 2000 Ind. LEXIS 58
  • 2000 WL 116195

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  • holding that delay from appointed counsel’s request for a continuance, where defendant objected to the request, was attributable to defendant
  • holding that once counsel is appointed, the defendant must speak to the court through his or her attorney, and trial court was not required to respond to defendant’s pro se speedy trial request
  • defendant not entitled to discharge under Rule 4(B) where defendant’s counsel moved for continuance during seventy-day period
  • “To require the trial court to respond to both Defendant and counsel would effectively create a hybrid representation to which Defendant is not entitled.”
  • once counsel is appointed, defendant speaks to court through counsel
  • “[O]nce counsel was appointed, Defendant spoke to the court through counsel. The trial court was not required to respond to Defendant’s request [for a speedy trial] or objection [to counsel’s request for a 3 Middleton’s citation to Jackson v. State, 663 N.E.2d 766 (Ind. 1996

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Judges: Sullivan, Shepard, Dickson, Boehm, Rucker

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