State v. Walker

We are approaching an infinite number of cases applying and/or interpreting Maryland Rule 4-215 (or its predecessors) governing waiver of counsel. Although it was observed early-on, regarding a predecessor version of Rule 4-215, that “[t]he wording of the Rule is so simple and plain that no elaboration thereof is necessary or desirable .... [t]he Rule means just what it says.... [,]” Williams v. State, 220 Md. 180, 181, 151 A.2d 721, 721 (1959), the plethora of cases that we and the Court of Special Appeals have decided subsequently interpreting the wording and application of the Rule render…