State v. McLauren

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• holding the pro se defendant had sufficient background and understanding of the legal system and legal rights and would be held to his waiver
• holding the appellate court may find a knowing and voluntary waiver when the record shows the defendant had sufficient background to understand the election to proceed without counsel or was apprised of those rights by some other source
• \ Faretta 2 requires that a defendant be made aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation so that the record will establish he knows what he is doing and his choice is made with eyes open.\
• \In the absence of a specific inquiry by the trial judge addressing the disadvantages of a pro se defense . . . the appellate court will look to the record to determine whether [the defendant] had sufficient background or was apprised of his rights by some other source.\

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