STATE v. ANSON

No. 01-2907-CR.

258 Wis.2d 433 (2002)

2002 WI App 270

654 N.W.2d 48

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Christopher D. ANSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, there were briefs and oral argument by Steven J. Watson of Steven J. Watson Law Office of Elkhorn.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and David H. Perlman, assistant attorney general. There was oral argument by David H. Perlman.

Before Brown, Anderson and Snyder, JJ.


¶ 1. BROWN, J.

In Patterson v. Illinois, 487 U.S. 285, 292 (1988), the United States Supreme Court observed that a waiver of a Sixth Amendment right to counsel is valid only when it reflects "an intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege." The Court held that since Patterson had been informed that he had been indicted and had been given his Fifth Amendment...

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