James E. Burton A/K/A Ronnie Johnson v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

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• concluding that the defendant’s comment “May I represent myself?” was not a clear and unequivocal invocation of his right to self- representation
• holding defendant's request, \'May I represent myself?'\ as insufficiently unequivocal when it was a \'spontaneous response offered at a point when [he] realized he was not going to get a new lawyer.'\
• considering the district court’s understanding of the defendant’s request but finding, “[i]n any event,” the “request was unclear”

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