State v. Allen

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 123,647 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ANTHONY DARRYL ALLEN, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, guarantees criminal defendants the right to counsel at all critical stages of a criminal proceeding. 2. The right to self-representation is implied from the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. 3. To exercise the right to self-representation, a defendant must knowingly and intelligently waive the right to counsel. Whether a waiver is knowing and…