State v. Blanchard

Defendant appeals a judgment revoking his probation on a conviction for possession of cocaine. He assigns error to the trial court’s failure to allow him to proceed pro se, contending that the trial court’s determination that he must proceed with court-appointed counsel violated his right to represent himself under Article I, section 11, of the Oregon Constitution, 1 and the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. 2 The state moves to dismiss the appeal on the ground that, defendant having served the sanction imposed for his probation violation, the case is now…