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McDOWELL v. U.S.

No. 86-7164.

484 U.S. 980 (1987)

McDOWELL v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 7, 1987.

Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE WHITE, with whom JUSTICE BRENNAN joins, dissenting.

In Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975), we held that an accused has a right to conduct his own defense. We also stated that, because an accused's election to do so "relinquishes, as a purely factual matter, many of the traditional benefits associated with the right to counsel," a defendant who chooses to proceed pro se...

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