United States Ninth Circuit

A criminal defendant's request to represent himself must be analyzed as to dilatory intent based on the totality of the circumstances, and the effect that the granting of the motion would have had on the proceedings must be considered.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/17/2002
• Decided 07/31/2002
• Published 07/31/2002

Judges

• Before:  GOODWIN, SNEED and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peggy S. Ruffra, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for the respondent-appellant., Michael A. Willemsen, Mountain View, California, for the petitioner-appellee.