U.S. v. Hernandez, No. 98-50206 (9th Cir.) (203 F.3d 614) (February 11, 2000) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt)
Loaded on March 1, 2000
published in Punch and Jurists
March 20, 2000
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Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
Here the Court held that a plea agreement entered after the district court improperly denied the defendant the right to represent himself at trial was not voluntarily entered into and had to be vacated.
In this case, the district court denued the defendant's request to represent himself at …
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