State of Az v. Christopher George Theodore Lamar

How courts have described this case

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• stating that after a request to proceed pro se, “a defendant must voluntarily and knowingly waive his right to counsel”
• determining that after inquiry defendant stated he did not want to represent himself and therefore effectively withdrew his pro se request
• stating that curative instruction can overcome any probability that the jury would draw improper conclusions
• acknowledging a defendant’s right to self-representation under the Arizona Constitution as beginning before the jury is empaneled
• explaining a prosecutor should refrain from expressing any personal belief about the credibility of a witness
• explaining a prosecutor should refrain from expressing any personal belief about the credibility of a witness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).