United States v. Gray Moore, Jr.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires a determination of when a defendant’s repeated rejection of attorneys appointed by the court constitutes an effective waiver of the assistance of counsel in a criminal case. We conclude that the defendant’s conduct in this case constituted a waiver, and confirm his convictions for failing to file a tax-return for the tax years 1975 and 1976.

We review the convictions of Gray Moore, Jr. for the second time. We reversed his first conviction on the ground that the dis trict court inappropriately refused to appoint counsel without making an adequate…