Schnepp v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

The principal issue presented on this appeal is whether an accused’s constitutional rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments have been violated where that accused, after a jury has been selected, empaneled, and sworn to try his case, attempts to discharge his court-appointed counsel and proceed in proper person, and is denied permission to do so.

1. An Information was filed in the Second Judicial District Court in Washoe County on April 11, 1975, charging the defendant-appellant, Donald J. Schnepp, with violation of NRS 205.130, issuing a check without…