United States Eleventh Circuit

In a case involving unsuccessful attempts to extort money by threatening to bomb various buildings in the state, conviction for multiple felony counts is affirmed where: 1) defendant's waiver of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel was knowing and voluntary; and 2) the trial court did not err by allowing defendant to represent himself at trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/20/2008
• Published 08/20/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before BIRCH and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and PRESNELL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William J. Mason (Court-Appointed), Columbus, GA, for Garey., Dean S. Daskal, Columbus, GA, Elizabeth A. Olson and Elizabeth D. Collery, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Crim. App., Washington, DC, for U.S.