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- Title: People V. Rudd
- Author : California Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 28, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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On a Friday, a defendant with a 19-year record of felony and misdemeanor convictions requests to proceed in propria persona on the fifty-eighth day of the 60 days during which the case must be tried. The experienced Judge is concerned that the defendant is using his right to proceed in pro se as a means to delay the trial. The defendant agrees that he will be ready for trial on the last day the case can be tried, which is the following Monday. On Friday, the Judge then allows the defendant to proceed in pro se with the express understanding that the trial will proceed on the following Monday. The defendant promises to be ready to proceed on the following Monday. On the following Monday morning, the defendant announces he is not ready for trial. On the Monday morning, the defendant brings with him none of the sheriffs reports and other legal materials he was provided on Friday that he will need for trial. On the Monday morning, the trial court vacates the defendants self-representation status and reappoints the deputy public defender who was ready to try the case on the preceding Friday. The defendant says nothing when his self-representation status is vacated and the deputy public defender is reappointed. The deputy public defender says nothing either. No objections to the Monday morning order are interposed in the trial court. The first objection to the Monday morning order revoking the defendants pro se status appears in an opening brief filed over seven months after the defendant is sentenced. The defendant argues that the foregoing scenario violated his rights under the United States Constitution. Do we agree? No. We do not believe the United States Constitution requires the courts of this nation to reverse criminal convictions under these circumstances.