People v. Spencer

Opinion

HANSON (P. D.), J.

Appellant, who was allowed to act as cocounsel during his trial before a judge without a jury, seeks reversal of the judgment of conviction because the trial court failed to secure a knowing and intelligent waiver of his right to counsel. In the alternative, appellant claims that if in fact he was represented by counsel and not acting in propria persona, the judgment should be reversed because of the ineflectiveness of trial coun sel. Because appellant’s first contention is meritorious, the case is reversed. We need not reach the second question.

Stanley Duane Spencer…