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STATE v. SEIFERT

No. C1-87-452.

423 N.W.2d 368 (1988)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Craig Thomas SEIFERT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Goldberg, St. Louis Park, for appellant.

Craig Thomas Seifert, pro se.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, State Atty. Gen., Thomas Foley, Ramsey Co. Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

C. Paul Jones, J. Christopher Cuneo, Minneapolis, amicus for MN State Public Defender.

Mark Nathan Liptig, Asst. Dakota Co. Atty., Hastings, amicus for MN Co. Atty's Ass'n.

Lucinda E. Jesson, Julie A. Oseid, Minneapolis, amicus for MN Civil Liberties Union.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

The issues presented by this appeal are whether an indigent criminal defendant may waive counsel on direct appeal and proceed pro se; and if so, whether he has a right of access to the trial transcript to assist him in preparing his brief. We hold that he may so waive under current Minnesota law and may have access to the transcript.

Appellant Craig Thomas Seifert, who is eligible for public defender representation, wants to proceed...

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