STATE v. THOMAS


827 A.2d 1087 (2003)

362 N.J. Super. 229

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Peter THOMAS a.k.a. Isaac Thomas, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Thomas, appellant pro se.

Edward J. DeFazio, Hudson County Prosecutor, for respondent (Susan B. Gyss, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

Before Judges WEFING, LISA and FUENTES.


The opinion of the court was delivered by LISA, J.A.D.

We consider in this appeal whether defendant, Peter Thomas, was wrongfully denied his right to represent himself in a criminal trial. We conclude he was; we vacate his conviction and remand for a new trial.

After a trial by jury, defendant was convicted of all five counts of the indictment, which charged him with various drug offenses arising out of a single...

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