If a lay-man is charged with crime, is he entitled to be represented by a lawyer at trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Frazer v. U.S., 18 F.3d 778 (9th Cir. 1994):
Even the intelligent and educated layman has small and sometimes no skill in the science of law. If charged with crime, he is incapable, generally, of determining for himself whether the indictment is good or bad.... He requires the guiding hand of counsel at every step of the proceedings against him.
Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45, 69, 53 S.Ct. 55, 64, 77 L.Ed. 158 (1932) (emphasis added).
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