City of Tacoma v. Bishop

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing forfeiture but concluding that the defendant's misconduct was not sufficiently egregious to support a finding of forfeiture
• recognizing forfeiture but concluding that the defendant’s misconduct was not sufficiently egregious to support a finding of forfeiture
• noting that a forfeiture, or waiver by conduct of the right to counsel results where the defendant engages in dilatory tactics
• noting that a forfeiture, or waiver by conduct of the right to counsel results where the defendant engages in dilatory tactics
• noting that, as a prerequisite to a valid waiver of counsel, “the court must ensure the waiver is voluntary, and that the defendant is aware of the risks of self-representation”
• court erred in requiring defendant to proceed pro se without warning .him of the hazards of self-representation where defendant's dilatory conduct was not so serious to warrant a complete forfeiture of his right to counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).