People v. Davis

*116OPINION OF THE COURT

Jones, J.

The trial court erroneously denied defendant his constitutional rights to self-representation and to waiver of trial by jury.

The record discloses that this was a difficult case and that the Trial Judge exercised great patience and took great pains to protect the interests of defendant. We are obliged to conclude, however, that in so doing he deprived defendant of his constitutional right to make his own decision on these most significant procedural issues.

It may be inferred from the record that defendant was knowledgeable as to criminal trials in consequence of…