Arajakis v. State

Rose, J., with whom Springer, V. C. J., joins,

concurring in part and dissenting in part:

I concur with the majority in upholding the jury verdicts returned against Arajakis but believe that because his request for the assistance of counsel, at the sentencing hearing was not honored, the sentences should be vacated and a new sentencing hearing held.

A defendant has a right to terminate his self-representation and request the assistance of counsel at any critical stage in a criminal proceeding, and a sentencing hearing is such a critical stage. Beals v. State, 106 Nev. 729, 802 P.2d 2 (1990).

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