STATE v. SPENCER

No. 92-1887.

519 N.W.2d 357 (1994)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Joseph Nelson SPENCER, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and B. John Burns, Asst. Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Chris Odell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael P. Jensen, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered en banc.


McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

The question presented here is whether a criminal defendant suffered a violation of his sixth amendment right to self-representation when the district court appointed counsel for him over his objection. The court of appeals agreed with the trial court's ruling. We affirm.

I. Background facts and proceedings. On July 18, 1990, Monona county sheriff Dennis Smith went to Joseph Spencer's rural home to investigate complaints that...

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