Hiram Eugene Meyer v. Willis Sargent, Warden, Arkansas Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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• holding that waiver of trial - counsel was knowing and intelligent, despite lack of Faretta warnings, where defendant understood his right to counsel and knew- of the dangers of self-representation
• holding that a defendant’s decision to have counsel removed after being cautioned that no replacement counsel would be appointed was the functional equivalent of a voluntary waiver of right to counsel
• deciding Meyer’s decision to seek removal of his court-appointed attorney after being advised another attorney would not be appointed for him was the functional equivalent of a knowing and intelligent waiver of his right to counsel
• indicating the court favors “a specific warning on the record of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation” when a defendant seeks to proceed pro se
• indicating the court favors “a specific warning on the record of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation” when a defendant seeks to proceed pro se
• relying on instruction from probation revocation hearing to find that defendant understood his right to counsel

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