What is the test for a criminal defendant to request to represent himself in court?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Salas, 143 Cal.Rptr. 755, 77 Cal.App.3d 600 (Cal. App. 1978):
People v. Lopez (1977) 71 Cal.App.3d 568, 573, 138 Cal.Rptr. 36, recommends that a trial court, in ruling on a criminal defendant's request to represent himself, make some inquiry into the defendant's intellectual capacity to make an intelligent decision regarding self-representation; such inquiry should include, where appropriate, a psychiatric examination of
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