Erzen v. State Accident Insurance Fund

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• declining to presume that the defendant would have waived his right to counsel even if he had been correctly informed of the possible sentence he was later given
• declining to presume that the defendant would have waived his right to counsel even if he had been correctly informed of the possible sentence he was later given
• finding a waiver of counsel can never be valid under such circumstances
• the relevant admonishments for purposes of Rule 401(a) are those given “[a]t the time defendant waived his right to counsel” (emphasis in original)
• the defendant's recent felony deceptive practices conviction was not seen as a factor
• the defendant’s recent felony deceptive practices conviction was not seen as a factor

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