PER CURIAM:
The district court granted a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that Petitioner did not effectively waive counsel in his state trial.
The district court made its determination without an evidentiary hearing and solely because the state court judge did not make adequate inquiries of petitioner before allowing him to reject the services of a public defender and represent himself.
In Hodge v. United States,
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