United States v. Charles Wesley Arlt, Cross-Appellee

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

BACKGROUND

Charley Wesley Arlt was convicted of conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine and money laundering. He appeals his conviction on various grounds. Here we address only Arlt’s self-representation claim. In a memorandum disposition accompanying this opinion, we deal with Arlt’s other claims, as well as those of his codefendants.

During a pretrial hearing, Arlt requested that he be permitted to represent himself at trial. After the district judge extensively discussed the disadvantages of self-representation, Arlt repeated his request. Before ruling on the…