State v. Tait

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a defendant does not have the right to represent himself at trial while also enjoying the assistance of counsel
• explaining that the federal and state constitutions do not provide \that the accused can make his own defense personally and have the assistance of counsel\
• finding that the State's suggestion that the absence of a request for a competency hearing constituted a waiver was erroneous
• no constitutional right to be represented both by counsel and by one's self
• “The judge’s knowledge of results of examinations ordered in connection with the defendant’s reliance on the defense of insanity may or may not give rise to reasonable doubt of his competence to stand trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).