Howard v. State

The issue before the court is whether a defendant who has been subject to a number of Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975), inquiries, including one during sentencing, is asked numerous times whether he is sure that he wants to continue to represent himself, and is appointed standby counsel that he has numerous opportunities to converse with concerning representation, is entitled to reversal based on the trial court’s failure to conduct an additional Faretta inquiry at the beginning of sentencing.

I would determine that he is not and would affirm based on…