Legal Opinion
United States v. Jason Best, A/K/A Jboo
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 24, 2005No. 04-1324PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
After a few false starts with appointed counsel, Jason Best decided that he wanted to represent himself at his trial on federal drug charges. The district court permitted him to do so, after warning him of the difficulties he faced and finding that his waiver of counsel was knowing and intelligent. Best began his trial acting as his own advocate. On the morning of the second day, however, he changed his mind and asked the court to reinstate his attorneys; the court did so. The jury went on to convict Best of one count of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack…
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