State v. Bakalov

STEWART, Justice.

¶ 1 Defendant Bojidar Georgiev Bakalov appeals his conviction of rape, a first degree felony. Bakalov was convicted on August 9, 1991, in a bench trial. He was represented by court-appointed counsel. That conviction was set aside because he had been denied his constitutional right to present his own defense. See State v. Bakalov, 849 P.2d 629, 637 (Ct.App.), cert. granted and remanded, 862 P.2d 1354, 1355 (Utah) (per curiam), enforced, 864 P.2d 1370 (Ct.App.1993) (per curiam) (remanding to trial court). On retrial, Bakalov represented himself and was convicted by a jury on…