United States v. Welty, John Jacob

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• noting that “we do not require a detailed listing of advice similar to that mandated for guilty plea proceedings conducted pursuant to Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure”
• finding of waiver must be knowing intelligent and voluntary, and of a nature that satisfies a judge in making that finding
• \even well-founded suspicions of intentional delay and manipulative tactics can provide no substitute for the inquiries necessary to protect a defendant's constitutional rights.\
• new trial ordered where judge did not inquire into motives for defendant’s motion to discharge counsel
• new trial ordered where record reflects \total absence of any inquiry\ into reasons for the defendant's dissatisfaction with counsel
• new trial ordered where record reflects “total absence of any inquiry” into reasons for the defendant’s dissatisfaction with counsel

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