Matter of Harton

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• finding that request that was merely an impulsive response to the trial court’s denial of a request for new counsel was not unequivocal
• examining the trial court's response to defendant's self-representation request to determine whether the request was equivocal
• finding a reasonable person could have concluded the defendant was merely expressing his frustration rather than clearly invoking his right to self- 4 Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 835 (1975
• the defendant did not invoke his right to self-representation by his isolated, offhand statement expressing frustration at the trial court’s denial of a request for new counsel
• defendant did not invoke right to self-representation through isolated, offhand statement expressing frustration at trial court’s denial of request for new counsel
• \The district court properly held that Nix waived his procedural default defense by failing to affirmatively assert it in his answer to Reese's petition for habeas relief.\

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