The issue to be decided on this appeal is whether defendant's waiver of counsel during his questioning on a murder charge was invalid due to the absence of counsel who had been assigned to represent defendant on a separate assault charge.
THE FACTS
Defendant, an 18-year-old with a mild degree of mental retardation, stands convicted of murdering a young girl, one Ursula Schiba, in...
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