SCHNEPP v. STATE

No. 8664.

554 P.2d 1122 (1976)

Donald J. SCHNEPP, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Dunseath, Public Defender, and Thomas R. Brennan, Keith J. Rohrbough and Michael McDonald, Deputy Public Defenders, Washoe County, Reno, for appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Larry R. Hicks, Dist. Atty., and Kathleen M. Wall and William Cobb, Deputy Dist. Attys., Washoe County, Reno, for respondent.


OPINION

MOWBRAY, Justice:

The principal issue presented on this appeal is whether an accused's constitutional rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments have been violated where that accused, after a jury has been selected, empaneled, and sworn to try his case, attempts to discharge his court-appointed counsel and proceed in proper person, and is denied permission to do so.

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