FLETCHER, Justice.
This is a murder case in which the state is seeking the death penalty. We granted the accused's application for interim review to consider a portion of the trial court's pre-trial report. In that report, the trial judge expressed concern about the accused's response to an inquiry put to him by the trial court pursuant to the Unified Appeal Procedure, particularly as to:
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