Can a defendant refuse appointed counsel and represent himself at trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hunt v. Kernan, No. 2:15-cv-01564-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2018):
2. Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975) (holding that a defendant in a state criminal trial has the constitutional right to refuse appointed counsel and represent himself when he does so voluntarily and intelligently).
3. That provision provides:
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