The court deprived defendant of his constitutional rights when, rather than conducting the requisite "dispassionate inquiry," it summarily denied his repeated requests to proceed pro se (People v Smith,
A criminal defendant's right to represent himself is a fundamental right guaranteed by both the federal and state constitutions. "[F]orcing a lawyer upon...
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