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STATE v. WATSON

900 A.2d 702 (2006)

2006 ME 80

STATE of Maine v. Hank WATSON. and State of Maine v. Jonathan Blumberg.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: July 6, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Christopher Almy, District Attorney, C. Daniel Wood, Asst. Dist. Attorney (orally), Bangor, Evert N. Fowle, District Attorney, Alan Kelley, Deputy Dist. Atty. (orally), James G. Mitchell, Asst. Dist. Atty., Skowhegan, G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, William R. Stokes, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, (as amicus curiae), for State.

Charles E. Gilbert III, Esq. (orally), Gilbert & Greif, P.A., Bangor, Robert H. Conkling, Esq. (orally), Wright & Mills, P.A., Skowhegan, for Maine Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers (amicus curiae).

Gail M. Latouf, Esq., Westbrook, John D. Pelletier, Esq. (orally), Goodspeed & O'Donnell, Augusta, for Defendants.

Dissent/Concurrence: CALKINS, J.

LEVY, J.

[¶ 1] These criminal appeals call upon us to consider the measures required to assure valid waiver of the right to counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 6 of the Maine Constitution when a criminal defendant proceeds to trial without counsel. We consolidated these cases for briefing and argument together with State v. Gach, 2006 ME 82, 901 A.2d 184, but...

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