Parren v. State

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Specially Assigned.

I

(A)

“The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 21 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights guarantee a right to counsel, including appointed counsel for an indigent, in a criminal case involving incarceration.” Rutherford v. Rutherford, 296 Md. 347, 357, 464 A.2d 228 (1983).1 The constitutional guarantees encompass not only *263the right of a defendant to the effective assistance of a duly-licensed attorney at law but also the right of a defendant to appear in propria persona. Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 807, 95 S.Ct. 2525,…