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PEOPLE v. HOLCOMB

Docket No. 55048, (Calendar No. 3).

395 Mich. 326 (1975)

235 N.W.2d 343

PEOPLE v. HOLCOMB

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 25, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William F. Delhey, Prosecuting Attorney, and John L. Thompson, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender Office, by Roger L. Wotila, for defendant.

LEVIN, J.

Thomas Holly Holcomb was convicted of armed robbery. The Court of Appeals affirmed, but remanded for resentencing.1

Before trial, Holcomb requested that he be allowed to represent himself. The trial court, relying on the Forensic Center psychiatric report that Holcomb was competent to stand trial, denied the motion.

We reverse on the authority of Faretta v California,

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