Under what circumstances can a criminal defendant conduct his own defense?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fedalizo, 200 Cal.Rptr.3d 653, 246 Cal.App.4th 98 (Cal. App. 2016):
Under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, a criminal defendant has a "constitutional right to conduct his own defense." (Faretta v. California (1975) 422 U.S. 806, 836, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562.) The right to self-
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representation is independent of the right to counsel. (Id. at p. 807, 95 S.Ct. 2525.)
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