People v. Ruiz

Opinion

HANSON (P. D.), Acting P. J .

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction of assault with a deadly weapon with enhancements for great bodily injury and two priors and a separate count of misdemeanor assault.

Appellant in a single argument for reversal urges that the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to proceed in propria persona. (Faretta v. California (1975) 422 U.S. 806 [45 L.Ed.2d 562, 95 S.Ct. 2525].) Resolution of the issue is dependent upon finding whether the motion was a timely one, requiring the court to grant it if appellant’s choice to represent himself was…