Does a defendant have a right to choose self-representation?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Best, 263 Cal.Rptr.3d 361, 49 Cal.App.5th 747 (Cal. App. 2020):
of self-representation.... " ( People v. Nauton (1994) 29 Cal.App.4th 976, 979, 34 Cal.Rptr.2d 861 ( Nauton ). " [A] criminal defendant's ability to represent himself has no bearing upon his competence to choose self-representation. " ( People v. Bradford (1997) 15 Cal.4th 1229, 1364, 65 Cal.Rptr.2d 145, 939 P.2d 259.)
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