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BLANKENSHIP v. STATE

No. 796-83.

673 S.W.2d 578 (1984)

Terry BLANKENSHIP, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

July 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adolfo Quijano, Jr. (Court-appointed), Robin Norris, El Paso, for appellant.

Steve W. Simmons, Dist. Atty. and Allan Massis, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., and Cathleen Riedel, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MILLER, Judge.

"He who represents himself has a fool for a client."

While there may be resounding truth to the old proverb, today we must determine if the trial judge's jealous protection of the appellant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel demonstrated by his refusal to allow pro se representation was in error. We find that it was and reverse appellant's conviction.

Appellant was convicted...

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