Darius McCrary Appointed Public Defender After Disastrous Court Appearance

Last week 'Family Matters' star Darius McCrary was arrested at the U.S. - Mexico border on a bench warrant out of Michigan after falling $75k behind on his child support [click here if you missed that].

Yesterday Darius was denied bond and the judge assigned a public defender to his case after his attempt to represent himself in court went horribly wrong...

From TMZ

At his arraignment today in a San Diego courtroom, the "Family Matters" alum chose to forego a lawyer, opting to represent himself ... which was a huge mistake.

Near the beginning of the hearing ... Darius addressed the court, stating, "I’d like to say I’m here on special appearance," which confused the judge, who asked him, "Especially appearing for whom?"

But, Darius repeated that he was "here on special appearance," prompting the judge again to ask, "Sir, who are you specially appearing for?" Darius responded, "Specially appearing for Darius McCrary. I'm here. I'm here." And things only went further down hill from there.

In fact, after a while, the judge -- apparently having had enough -- decided to give him a public defender, explaining McCrary "is unable to understand and appreciate that legalities of these proceedings."

Finally, at the end of the hearing, McCrary agreed to be extradited back to Michigan and Michigan authorities now have 30 days to pick him up from the San Diego jail.