Hill v. United States

REID, Associate Judge:

A jury found appellant, Eric R. Hill, guilty of two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (knife and pistol), 1 carrying a dangerous weapon (knife), 2 possession of a firearm (pistol) during a crime of violence, 3 and threatening to injure a person (Marlin T. Hill). 4 Appellant argues that (1) the trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to represent himself by appointing unwanted standby or advisory counsel to assist him; (2) his due process rights were violated when the trial court refused to allow him to proceed with his defense on the second day of trial;…