Appellate Court of Illinois· 2/13/1991

People v. Ward

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567 N.E.2d 642
208 Ill. App. 3d 1073
153 Ill. Dec. 684
1991 Ill. App. LEXIS 205

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noting that to ensure defendant’s request to proceed pro se involved an intelligent and knowing waiver of the right to counsel, it is desirable to inform defendant of 10 additional matters related to self-representation
emphasizing that the inquiry into a defendant’s “ability to make a knowing and intelligent waiver of his right to counsel” is distinct from “an inquiry into defendant’s ability to do an appropriate job defending himself at trial.”
setting forth a list of 10 matters that the trial court should address with a defendant to ensure that the defendant’s request for self-representation is an intelligent and knowing waiver of his right to counsel
setting forth a list of 10 matters that the trial court should address with a defendant to ensure that the defendant's request for self-representation is an intelligent and knowing waiver of his right to counsel
“the request might come so late in the proceedings that to grant it would be disruptive of the orderly schedule of proceedings” (emphasis added)
“a trial judge may terminate self-representation by a defendant who engages in serious and obstructionist misconduct”

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Judges: Steigmann, McCullough

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