Can a defendant who elects to represent himself in a personal injury case successfully argue that the quality of his own defense amounted to a denial of effective assistance of counsel?

"The right of self-representation is not a license to abuse the dignity of the courtroom. Neither is it a license not to comply with relevant rules of procedural and substantive law. Thus, whatever else may or may not be open to him on appeal, a defendant who elects to represent himself cannot thereafter complain that the quality of his own defense amounted to a denial of 'effective assistance of counsel.' "

(Faretta v. California, supra, 422 U.S. 806, 834-835, fn. 46, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 2541, fn. 46, 45 L.Ed.2d 562.)