Is it a violation of the Constitution to deny a defendant a right to exercise his free choice?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Trejo, 217 Cal.App.3d 1026, 266 Cal.Rptr. 266 (Cal. App. 1990):
" '[T]o deny [a defendant] in the exercise of his free choice the right to dispense with some of these safeguards ... is to imprison a man in his privileges and call it the Constitution.' [Citation.]" (Faretta v. California (1975) 422 U.S. 806, 815 [95 S.Ct. 2525, 2531, 45 L.Ed.2d 562].)
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