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STATE v. HIGHTOWER

CC 120632737 CA A154220 SC S063924.

393 P.3d 224 (2017)

361 Or. 412

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. Gregory Leon HIGHTOWER, aka Gregory Leon Hightower, Sr., Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

April 27, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest G. Lannet , Chief Defender, Salem, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner on review.

Erin K. Galli , Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review.

Before Balmer, Chief Justice, and Kistler, Walters, Landau, Brewer, and Nakamoto, Justices.

The issue in this case is the scope of a criminal defendant's right to self-representation when that right is invoked in the middle of trial. We hold that, although Article I, section 11, of the Oregon Constitution establishes a criminal defendant's right to represent himself or herself in a criminal proceeding, the right is not unqualified...

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