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SNEAD v. STATE

[No. 18, September Term, 1979.]

286 Md. 122 (1979)

406 A.2d 98

RICHARD LEE SNEAD v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. DeLano, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Valerie A. Leonhart, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

I

It is now clear that an accused in a criminal prosecution has two independent constitutional rights with regard to the management of his defense. He has both the right to have the assistance of counsel and the right to defend pro se. The first is guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the federal constitution and emerged as a clear constitutional...

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