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HIRSCHFIELD v. PAYNE

No. 04-35437.

420 F.3d 922 (2005)

Richard Joseph HIRSCHFIELD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Alice PAYNE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 22, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Filipovic, Federal Public Defender's Office, Seattle, WA, argued the cause for the petitioner-appellant; Laura Mate was on the briefs.

John J. Samson, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, argued the cause for the respondent-appellee; Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, was on the brief.

Before: O'SCANNLAIN, McKEOWN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.

In this habeas corpus appeal, we must decide whether a criminal defendant's motions to represent himself at trial in state court were improperly denied.

I

Richard Joseph Hirschfield was convicted of first-degree rape of a child and first-degree child molestation in the Superior Court for King County, Washington, on May 30, 1997. Evidence at trial suggested that he molested two girls, aged nine and ten respectively, at...

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