Can a federal criminal defendant waive counsel and represent himself?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Wilson, 666 F.2d 1241 (9th Cir. 1982):
Federal criminal defendants have both statutory and Sixth Amendment rights to waive counsel and represent themselves when they voluntarily and intelligently so elect. 28 U.S.C. 1654; Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed. 562 (1975).
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