Wroten v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an appellate court looks to the record as a whole to determine whether the defendant was sufficiently apprised of the dangers of proceeding pro se
• stating that although a specific inquiry by the court expressly addressing the disadvantages of proceeding pro se is preferred to ensure the right is properly waived, \the ultimate test is not the trial [court's] advice but rather the defendant's understanding\
• stating a defendant must be made aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation so that the record will establish he knows what he is doing
• stating while a specific inquiry by the trial judge expressly addressing 1 No direct appeal was taken in this case. the disadvantages of proceeding pro se is preferred, the ultimate test is not the judge's advice, but the defendant's understanding
• \[T]he ultimate test is not the trial [court's] advice but rather the defendant's understanding [of the dangers of self-representation].\
• “Faretta 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.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).