People v. Alengi

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that a defendant cannot delay his trial indefinitely while seeking counsel
• \[The court's duty to assign an attorney to represent the defendant arises only after the defendant has made a showing of financial inability to secure counsel.\
• “Because there exists a strong presumption against the waiver of a fundamental constitutional right, the trial court has the duty to make a careful inquiry about the defendant’s right to counsel and his or her desires regarding legal representation.”
• “Because there exists a strong presumption against the waiver of a fundamental constitutional 9 right, the trial court has the duty to make a careful inquiry about the defendant's right to counsel and his or her desires regarding legal representation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).