This case is before the court on appeal from a judgment of the common pleas court finding appellant Howard Joseph Watson guilty of murder and sentencing him to imprisonment for a term of fifteen years to life. Appellant raises four assignments of error:
"I. Howard Joseph Watson was denied his Sixth Amendment [right] to self-representation when the trial court denied him the right to represent himself...
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