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PEOPLE v. LAWRENCE

No. S160736.

46 Cal.4th 186 (2009)

___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___

___ P.3d ___

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RINGO LAWRENCE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Gerstein, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Heather J. Manolakas, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Lawrence M. Daniels, Lauren E. Dana, Kristofer Jorstad and Steven D. Matthews, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.—

When a criminal defendant who has waived his right to counsel and elected to represent himself under Faretta v. California (1975) 422 U.S. 806 [45 L.Ed.2d 562, 95 S.Ct. 2525] (Faretta) seeks, during trial, to revoke that waiver and have counsel appointed, the trial court must exercise its discretion under the totality of the circumstances, considering factors including...

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