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608 N.W.2d 445

State v. Martin

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided March 22, 2000

Supreme Court of Iowa · decided 2000-03-22

Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently June 2018

12 state decisions

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Decided 2000-03-22

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CARTER, Justice

¶1(dissenting).

¶2I dissent.

¶3This defendant proceeded without an attorney, not because he preferred to appear pro se, but because he chose to match his will against that of the trial court with respect to the judge’s decision not to give him a different court-appointed attorney. The loss of the court-appointed attorney that had been provided to him was the inevitable result of that decision. The situation did not warrant a special inquiry or admonition from the court concerning pro se representation. Defendant should not be granted any relief.

¶4LARSON, J., joins this dissent.

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