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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v THOMAS RAY BLACK, Defendant-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED August 19, 2008

No. 278671 Ingham Circuit Court LC No. 02-000237-FH

Before: Cavanagh, P.J., and Jansen and Kelly, JJ. PER CURIAM. Defendant appeals by right his jury-trial conviction of failing to pay child support, MCL 750.165. Defendant was sentenced to a three-year term of probation, with twelve months in jail, to be suspended upon the payment of restitution. He was also ordered to pay $59,964.74 in restitution. We affirm. This appeal has been decided without oral argument. MCR 7.214(E). Defendant argues that his conviction must be reversed because the trial court failed to assure that his waiver of the right to counsel was knowing and voluntary. We disagree. The right to represent oneself is included in the right to counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, US Const, Am VI, and is specifically guaranteed by the Michigan Constitution, Const 1963, art 1,

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