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SC: Firing three lawyers and going pro se justified denial of eve of trial request for counsel

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

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Defendant fired three lawyers and made an unequivocal waiver of counsel: "I don't want counsel. I want to represent myself. I deny counsel. I waive counsel right now because there is problems [sic] right now. ... I don't want a standby counsel. I want to represent myself and control my own fate and destiny." After he was convicted, he argued on appeal that his eve of trial request for a fourth appointed lawyer was improperly denied. He waived counsel, and the trial court acted within its discretion in denying yet another lawyer. Also, the defendant could not complain of the lack of quality of his pro se representation. State v. Rogers, 07CRS005067 (S.C. Dec. 2, 2008). Hat tip to Legal Profession Blog, specific post here.

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).

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