People v. Flores

*272It is a fact of human nature that people can be their own worst enemies. But in McCoy v. Louisiana (2018) --- U.S. ----, 138 S.Ct. 1500, 200 L.Ed.2d 821 ( McCoy ), the United States Supreme Court held *79that fundamental principles of personal autonomy inherent in the Sixth Amendment afford criminal defendants the right to tell their own story and define the fundamental purpose of their defense at trial, even if most other accused persons in similar circumstances would pursue a different objective and accordingly adopt a different approach. In this case, during his trial for the attempted murder…