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STATE v. GILLAM

No. C0-00-407.

629 N.W.2d 440 (2001)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Rodney Dwight GILLAM, a/k/a Rodney Dwight Gilliam, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stuart, State Public Defender, Lawrence Hammerling, Deputy State Public Defender, Cathryn Middlebrook, Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for Appellant.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, State of Minnesota, St. Paul, and James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Attorney, Phillip D. Prokopowicz, Assistant County Attorney, Shirley A. Leko, Assistant County Attorney, Hastings, for Respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.

Before and during his trial, appellant Rodney Gillam, an indigent defendant, repeatedly requested substitute counsel, but the district court refused the request in the absence of an exceptional circumstance affecting the appointed attorney's ability or competence. The court also excluded Gillam from the courtroom on several occasions because of his conduct, including the majority...

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