Utah Supreme Court· 4/9/1987

State v. Frampton

Citations

737 P.2d 183
72 A.L.R. 4th 1045
2 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1835
55 Utah Adv. Rep. 23
1987 Utah LEXIS 681

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explaining that a defendant must understand \the relative advantages and disadvantages of self-representation in a particular situation \ (emphasis added) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
stating that \a defendant who elects to represent himself cannot thereafter complain that the quality of his own defense amounted to a denial of 'effective assistance of counsel' \
stating that, for the waiver to be knowing and intelligently made, a defendant must understand \the relative advantages and disadvantages of self-representation in a particular situation\ (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
concluding when a defendant “expressly decline[s] an offer of counsel by the trial judge, he has the burden of showing by a preponderance of the evidence that he did not so waive this right”
stating that colloquy on record insures defendants understand risks of self-representation
noting a \best practice\ colloquy for making \clear on the record\ that waiver is knowing and voluntary in a criminal case

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