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Waddell v. State

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's request for the appointment of different counsel.

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Following a jury trial, Terrance Waddell appeals his conviction of armed robbery,1 aggravated assault2 four counts, and kidnapping,3 contending that the trial court erred in failing to appoint different counsel to represent him at trial. Because Waddell failed to show sufficient objective considerations favoring a new appointment, we affirm. Construed in favor of the verdict, Short v. State ,4 the evidence shows that early one morning, Waddell, Jerault Allen, and Christopher Jones, neighbors in Waddell’s apartment building, drove to a gas station to use an ATM and buy beer. At the gas station, an argument developed between Allen and Waddell, who pulled a knife from his pocket and held it to Allen’s neck. At knifepoint, Waddell ordered Allen to drive the three men to a dark lot, where Waddell then stabbed Allen in the arm and back. As Allen and Jones tried to flee on foot, Waddell pursued in the car, striking them. The two men were ultimately able to escape and call 911 from a nearby location.

Jones and Allen directed police to their apartment building, where they believed Waddell would be. Waddell had gone to another neighbor’s apartment, telling the neighbor that he needed to “lay low” because he had killed two people. When Waddell requested a lighter to smoke his crack pipe, the neighbor objected because his four-year-old daughter was in the apartment, along with his girlfriend. Waddell then held a knife to the girlfriend’s neck, threatened her, and locked the neighbor and the daughter out of the apartment. Waddell then smoked his crack pipe and touched the girlfriend’s privates, threatening to kill her as she pleaded with him to stop. Police arrived and were ultimately able to gain entry and disable Waddell with a taser as he held the girlfriend at knifepoint.

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