U.S. v. BEST

No. 04-1324.

426 F.3d 937 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason BEST, a/k/a Jboo, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary T. Bell (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Steven P. Blonder, Soo J. Choi (argued), Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

After a few false starts with appointed counsel, Jason Best decided that he wanted to represent himself at his trial on federal drug charges. The district court permitted him to do so, after warning him of the difficulties he faced and finding that his waiver of counsel was knowing and intelligent. Best began his trial acting as his own advocate. On the morning of the second day, however, he changed his mind and asked the court to reinstate his...

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