State v. Lande

I respectfully dissent. I believe what we have here is a clever defendant who has manipulated the system to get a new trial when by his own admission he committed the felony charged. In my opinion the trial judge did more than was required by statute to protect defendant’s rights. Defendant’s statements that he would secure counsel, the fact that he ignored the court’s directions to tell it who counsel would be, and the fact that he did not request a continuance, all lead to the conclusion that this was a preconceived plan for self-representation. Once he placed the court into ordering trial,…