Alaska Supreme Court· 1/11/1974

McCracken v. State

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518 P.2d 85
1974 Alas. LEXIS 374

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holding that the right to self-representation is a retained right under Article 1, Section 21 of the Alaska Constitution
holding that a criminal defendant's right to self-representation is guaranteed by Article I, Section 21 of the Alaska Constitution
holding self-representation in a post-conviction hearing to be a fundamental right under the \retained rights\ provision of article I, section 21 of the Alaska Constitution
stating that rights protected under Alaska’s Baby Ninth include rights “long established” and of “fundamental importance”
noting that \federal courts have always possessed the power to refuse to compel the production of a prisoner at an evidentiary hearing on the prisoner's petition for post-conviction relief when his physical presence was not necessary\
trial court has discretion to insist that the pro se.defendant accept consultative assistance by appointed counsel

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Judges: Rabinowitz, C.J., and Connor, Boochever, and Fitzgerald

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