United States Ninth Circuit

In obtaining a knowing and voluntary waiver of a defendant's right to counsel, a trial court must do more than generally warn him that there are consequences of waiver and must provide specific warnings of the consequences.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/02/2000
• Published 11/02/2000

Judges

• ALDISERT, Circuit Judge:, Before:  ALDISERT, GRABER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher Grillo, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for the defendant-appellant., Leslie E. Osborne, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellee.