California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Daniels, 221 Cal.Rptr.3d 777, 3 Cal.5th 961, 400 P.3d 385 (Cal. 2017):
1 "Even if otherwise competent to exercise the constitutional right to self-representation [citation], a defendant may not discharge his lawyer in order to enter such a plea [of guilty to a capital felony] over counsel's objection." (People v. Mai (2013) 57 Cal.4th 986, 1055, 161 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 305 P.3d 1175.)
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