Legal Opinion
United States v. Proctor
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 31, 1999No. 98-1186PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellant Todd Proctor claims that the district court unconstitutionally required him to represent himself at trial despite his timely request for a lawyer. Because the record does not permit us to say with the required assurance that Proctor waived his Sixth Amendment right to be represented by counsel at trial, we conclude that his conviction must be vacated.
I. Background
The details of Proctor’s alleged crime have no bearing on this appeal, and we therefore report only that he was convicted on two charges related to marijuana trafficking. The appeal centers on…
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