The calendar entries indicate that the petition for a court-appointed lawyer was denied. One would thus expect that the order issued on the petition was an order of denial.
It looks like the issue of counsel was resolved by the prosecutor's stipulation to no jail time. If there is no chance of jail time, there is no right to a court-appointed lawyer under the U.S. Constitution.
As you note, when you're in court, you normally refer to the judge as "Your Honor" or "Judge", not "sir". If our OP was berated, supposedly for not saying "sir", it was not because he lacked alternatives. Odds are he behaved badly.
More likely, he used the wrong name and the judge didn't know what case he was attempting to reference. If he was referencing Alford, and there was sufficient evidence of guilt to support the plea, that's treated as a guilty plea.Quote:
Quoting free9man