State v. Pratts

Pee Ctjeiam;.

The judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed substantially for the reasons set forth in its opinion, 145 N. J. Super. 79.

Defendant has referred us to Faretta v. California, 422 U. S. 806, 95 S. Ct. 2525, 45 L. Ed. 2d 562 (1975), a decision not cited to or considered by the Appellate Division. However, that case does not call for a different result. There the United States Supreme Court held that an accused had a constitutional right to conduct his own defense in a situation where, well before trial, he had made an intelligent and knowing waiver of his right to assistance of…