State v. Burns

/FTUE^ IN CLERKS OEPICE This opinion was fCied for record atJ<^on ;ffCQE OF \ltEI\SHB«eraN iusanL. Carlson Supreme Court Clerk AAf\.Kwi^ CHIEF JUSTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 95528-0 Respondent, En Banc MICHAEL 1. BURNS, Petitioner. Filed APR 1 8 2019 JOHNSON,J.—This case involves, first, whether Michael Bums was improperly denied his right to waive counsel and represent himself at trial and, second, whether he may assert a violation of the confrontation clause for the first time on appeal. The trial court judge denied Bums's request to proceed…