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PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

Nos. G024042, G030316.

127 Cal.Rptr.2d 305 (2002)

103 Cal.App.4th 1071

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Salvador MARTINEZ, Defendant and Appellant. In re Salvador Martinez on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cindi B. Mishkin, San Diego, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant, Appellant and Petitioner.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Robert M. Foster, Raquel M. Gonzalez and Elizabeth S. Voorhies, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

SILLS, P.J.

In what must be the ultimate proof of that old cliche—only a fool has himself for a client—Salvador Martinez insisted on representing himself during trial. He lost. And, because this embezzlement conviction was his third "strike,"1 his sentence for this conviction was 25 years to life in prison. When the presiding justice of this court refused his demand on appeal to again represent himself,...

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