Colorado Court of Appeals· 1/27/1994

People v. Smith

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881 P.2d 385
18 Brief Times Rptr. 155
1994 Colo. App. LEXIS 24
1994 WL 24117

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in rare cases, a defendant's waiver of right to counsel will be upheld even where colloquy contemplated by Arguello has not been undertaken
in finding an implied waiver, trial court noted that \defendant had done a very commendable job in representing himself\
a defendant’s waiver of the right to counsel is intelligent if the defendant makes his choice “with eyes open to the consequences”
“[T]he court must honor a defendant’s request for self-representation as long as the court is satisfied that 33 the defendant knows what he is doing and that his choice is made with eyes open to the consequences.”

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Judges: Reed, Criswell, Ney

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