People v. Lego

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that in order to waive the right to counsel, a defendant must have the mental capacity to make a knowing and voluntary waiver
• explaining that in order to waive the right to counsel, a defendant must have the mental capacity to make a knowing and voluntary waiver
• chronic alcohol abuse led to diminished mental capacities to the point where defendant was unable to waive knowingly his right to counsel
• a purpose of the rule is to make a defendant “aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation”
• a purpose of the rule is to make a defendant “aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation”
• a purpose of the rule is to make a defendant “aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).