MCCLINTON v. U.S.

Nos. 92-CF-938, 01-CO-681.

817 A.2d 844 (2003)

Larry J. McCLINTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Wham, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Lisa Hertzer Schertler, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish Jr., and L. Jackson Thomas II, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL, REID and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge:

The central issue in this appeal is whether the trial court violated appellant Larry J. McClinton's Sixth Amendment constitutional right to counsel by permitting him, more than halfway through his trial, to represent himself, with the assistance of standby counsel, without making a proper inquiry on the record as to whether appellant's waiver of counsel was knowing, intelligent and voluntary. We hold that on the whole record before us, the trial...

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