LOPEZ v. STATE

No. 24, September Term, 2008.

20 A.3d 812 (2011)

420 Md. 18

Ramon LOPEZ v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piedad Gomez , Asst. Public Defender ( Nancy S. Forster , Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner.

Cathleen C. Brockmeyer , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS, JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), J.

Near the beginning of the trial of this criminal case, after the prosecution's first witness had completed his direct testimony, and before cross-examination by the defense, the Circuit Court permitted the defendant-petitioner, Ramon Lopez, to discharge his attorney and represent himself. In allowing Lopez to discharge his attorney, and accepting his waiver of the right to counsel, the Circuit Court, inter alia...

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