WESTBROOK v. ARIZONA

No. 1250, Misc.

384 U.S. 150 (1966)

WESTBROOK v. ARIZONA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Edward Morgan for petitioner.

Darrell F. Smith, Attorney General of Arizona, and Paul G. Rosenblatt, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. Although petitioner received a hearing on the issue of his competence to stand trial, there appears to have been no hearing or inquiry into the issue of his competence to waive his constitutional right to the assistance of counsel and proceed, as he did, to conduct his own defense. "The constitutional right of an accused to be represented by...

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