United States v. Lewis D. Allen

How courts have described this case

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• “Acceptance of an invalid waiver in violation of a defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights necessarily leaves him entirely without the assistance of counsel at trial.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
• defendant's refusal to accept appointed counsel and failure to hire his own did not waive right to counsel where district court made no inquiry to determine whether waiver was knowing and intelligent
• “[B]efore allowing a defendant to proceed pro se, the district judge must ensure and establish on the record that defendant knows what he is doing and that his choice is made with eyes open.” (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted)

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