Commonwealth v. Monica

How courts have described this case

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• remanding for new trial where trial court failed to conduct on -the -record colloquy before allowing defendant to proceed to trial pro se
• trial court committed error requiring reversal by allowing the defendant to represent himself \without first conducting a thorough on-the-record colloquy\
• trial court committed error requiring reversal by allowing the defendant to represent himself “without first conducting a thorough on-the-record colloquy”
• record must show - 10 - J-S60024-15 that accused was offered counsel but intelligently and understandingly rejected offer; anything less is not waiver
• waiver doctrine inapplicable to pro se defendant, if defendant’s waiver of counsel improper
• “[a]s a general rule, failure to raise an issue in a criminal proceeding does not constitute a waiver where the defendant is not represented by counsel in the proceeding. This rule does not apply where the defendant knowingly and intelligently waived representation by counsel”

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