Arizona Supreme Court· 4/14/1967

State v. Martin

Citations

426 P.2d 639
102 Ariz. 142
1967 Ariz. LEXIS 220

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stating that the Arizona Constitution “vest[s] in a defendant the ‘explicit’ right to defend himself”
using “reasonable grounds” test to decide whether hearing may help determine defendant’s competence to waive counsel
stating once defendant waives counsel and court determines waiver is effective, court lacks authority to thrust counsel on defendant
stating defendant’s multiple demands “alone ... should not be determinative of a waiver of assistance [of] counsel”
stating rights are “of ‘equal stature’ [but] extreme caution must nevertheless be exercised before recognizing an assertion of the right to defend one-self as a waiver of the right to counsel”
refusing to consider request renders the right to proceed pro se illusory

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Judges: Bernstein, McFarland, Struckmeyer, Udall, Lockwood

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