Legal Opinion
People v. Scott
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 5, 1998No. B112469PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLEIN, P. J.
Defendant and appellant Wesley E. Scott (Scott) brought a motion to proceed in propria persona on appeal.
In the landmark case of Faretta v. California (1975) 422 U.S. 806, 818-832 [95 S.Ct. 2525, 2532-2539, 45 L.Ed.2d 562] (Faretta), the United States Supreme Court ruled that implicit in a criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel at trial is the right to self-representation at trial. The following year, In re Walker (1976) 56 Cal.App.3d 225, 228-229 [128 Cal.Rptr. 291], held the right to self-representation under Faretta does not extend to a…
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