Does a defendant have a constitutional right to proceed without counsel?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Henley, B239873 (Cal. App. 2013):

A criminal defendant generally "has a constitutional right to proceed without counsel when he voluntarily and intelligently elects to do so." (Faretta v. California

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