People v. Whitted
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Thompson, J. P.
Defendant was convicted of the December 9, 1977 gunpoint robbery of a grocery store. Pursuant to his constitutional right to represent himself (NY Const, art I, § 6; Faretta v California, 422 US 806; People v McIntyre, 36 NY2d 10), defendant acted as his own attorney at trial. Defendant argues on appeal that the record fails to establish that the trial court undertook the requisite searching inquiry necessary to support a determination that his decision to proceed pro se was a competent, intelligent and voluntary relinquishment of his right to be represented…
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