U.S. v. BELL

No. 88-3375.

901 F.2d 574 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William R. BELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1990.

As Amended May 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Liccione, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

William R. Bell, Lewisburg, Pa., pro se.

Before CUMMINGS, WOOD, Jr., and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The only issue in this criminal appeal is whether the defendant William Bell waived his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. In a bench trial, Bell was convicted of bank robbery and sentenced to 186 months in prison. Because the record reveals that Bell knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel, we affirm the decision of the district court.

I.

BACKGROUND

On January 8, 1988, Bell walked into...

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