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U.S. v. PROCTOR

No. 98-1186.

166 F.3d 396 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Todd L. PROCTOR, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kern Cleven, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant.

Margaret D. McGaughey, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jay P. McCloskey, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Todd Proctor claims that the district court unconstitutionally required him to represent himself at trial despite his timely request for a lawyer. Because the record does not permit us to say with the required assurance that Proctor waived his Sixth Amendment right to be represented by counsel at trial, we conclude that his conviction must be vacated.

I. Background

The details of Proctor's alleged crime...

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