State v. Fabio Evelio Gomez

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• concluding that victim’s screams, in addition to defensive wounds, supported a finding that murder was especially cruel
• finding that trial courts need not hold an evidentiary hearing on motion for new counsel where “there is no indication that a hearing would elicit additional facts beyond those already before the court”
• concluding trial court did not err in denying motion for change of counsel where defendant alleged that defense counsel had not visited him in more than a year and had not devoted enough time to prepare for the case
• noting trial court “may terminate self-representation by a defendant who deliberately engages in serious and obstructionist misconduct”
• concluding trial court did not err in denying 55 STATE V. JOHNSON Opinion of the Court motion for change of counsel where defendant alleged that defense counsel had not visited him in more than a year and had not devoted enough time to prepare for the case
• rejecting argument that “serious obstructionist conduct” required to justify revocation of defendant’s self- representation and noting, “[a] defendant who proves himself incapable of abiding by the most basic rules of the court is not entitled to defend himself”

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