STATE v. McNEIL

No. A-2255-06T1

963 A.2d 358 (2009)

405 N.J. Super. 39

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Anthony McNEIL a/k/a Minister Mahdian Ali, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 14, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, for appellant (Lee March Grayson, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Anne Milgram, Attorney General, for respondent (Hillary Horton, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges STERN, WAUGH and NEWMAN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

STERN, P.J.A.D.

This appeal requires us to decide whether a defendant found competent to stand trial must be afforded the constitutional right to self-representation generally granted to defendants under the Sixth Amendment of the federal constitution and Article I, paragraph 10 of the New Jersey Constitution. We hold that the fact-finding in this case justified the trial judge's decision to preclude self-representation...

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