PEOPLE v. JAMES

No. A128865.

202 Cal.App.4th 323 (2011)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MASALA MAJID JAMES, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

December 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter K. Pyle, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, René A. Chacón and Bruce Ortega, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BRUINIERS, J.

Appellant Masala Majid James was charged with commission of a second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211)1 and elected to represent himself during pretrial proceedings. James contends that he was compelled to waive his right to represent himself at trial because he was refused direct access to a law library while in custody and was provided insufficient access to legal research materials...

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