West Virginia Supreme Court· 7/23/1993

State v. Layton

Citations

432 S.E.2d 740
189 W. Va. 470

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“Both this Court and the Supreme Court of the United States have recognized that a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to represent himself during a criminal trial.”
co-defendant’s participation in the crime charged resulted in different but permissible sentences
‘‘courts have . . . recognized that there is a substantial differ- ence between the colloquy which must be conducted . . . when a defendant elects to proceed wholly pro se as opposed to when he proceeds pro se with counsel’’
citing, inter alia, Bontempo, discussed below, and Palmer
affirming forty-seven year sentence for aggravated robbery

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Judges: Brotherton, Miller, McHugh

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