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FOWLKES v. STATE

No. 61, September Term, 1986.

311 Md. 586 (1988)

536 A.2d 1149

JEFFREY FOWLKES A/K/A ANTHONY JOHNSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria S. Keating, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Ann E. Singleton, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH, and McAULIFFE, JJ., and MARVIN H. SMITH, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired), Specially Assigned.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 21 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights provide that, in all criminal prosecutions, a defendant has the right to the assistance of counsel. Nonetheless, a defendant may waive the right to counsel, provided "he knows what he is doing and his choice is made with his eyes open." Adams v. United States ex rel. McCann, 317 U.S. 269, 279, 63 S.Ct. 236...

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