State v. Curry

GORDON McCLOUD, J. (concurring)

¶ 45 I agree with the majority that the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, like article I, section 22 of the Washington Constitution, provides two guaranties: the criminal defendant has a right to counsel and the criminal defendant has a right to proceed pro se. I also agree that those two rights sometimes stand in tension with each other. E.g., majority at 182-83, 184-85; accord Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 832-33, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L. Ed. 2d 562 (1975). Finally, I agree that the majority has properly resolved that tension in this case:…