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State v. Massey

Citations

  • 981 P.2d 352
  • 160 Or. App. 197
  • 1999 Ore. App. LEXIS 653

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  • refusing to infer a knowing waiver from a defendant’s prior work as a paralegal, prior involvement in civil lawsuits, and prior representation by several lawyers in the absence of any indication that the defendant actually “understood the risks of self-representation”
  • refusing to infer a knowing waiver from a defendant's prior work as a paralegal, prior involvement in civil lawsuits, and prior representation by several lawyers in the absence of any indication that the defendant actually \understood the risks of self-representation\
  • distinguishing Brown by, among other reasons, the fact that the record in Massey did not disclose any colloquy between court and defendant, and defendant’s prior representation by counsel did not establish that anyone told him about risks of representing himself
  • court would not infer from the record that the defendant understood the risks of self-representation because he had worked as a paralegal, had been involved in civil lawsuits, and had been represented by several lawyers in the present case

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Judges: Landau, Wollheim, Brewer

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