State v. Hayne

*353The principal question presented in this appeal is how, if at all, the United States Supreme Court's decision in Indiana v. Edwards , 554 U.S. 164, 178, 128 S.Ct. 2379, 171 L. Ed. 2d 345 (2008), bears on the inquiry an Oregon court may conduct when considering whether to grant a mentally ill criminal defendant's request to exercise the right to self-representation. In Edwards , the Court held that the federal "Constitution permits States to insist upon representation by counsel for those competent enough to stand trial * * * but who still suffer from severe mental illness to the point where…