California Court of Appeal

Court may not deny a defendant's request to represent himself at trial simply because he does not understand the elements of the crimes for which he is being tried.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/09/2001
• Published 05/09/2001

Judges

•  FIDLER, J.*

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Katharine Eileen Greenebaum, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mary E. Sanchez, Supervising Deputy Attorney General and Michael W. Whitaker, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.