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STATE v. NORTHINGTON

667 S.W.2d 57 (1984)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Carl NORTHINGTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Kymberly Lynn Anne Hattaway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.

Roy N. Wilson, Brown & Wilson, Dickson, for appellant.

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

We granted defendant's Rule 11 application for permission to appeal to further review the issue of whether defendant made a knowing and intelligent waiver of his right to counsel and whether in making such a determination it is permissible to consider the quality of a defendant's pro se trial performance.

The Court of Criminal Appeals held that the trial judge's investigation of the factors bearing upon a knowing...

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