The knowing, voluntary, and intelligent waiver of the right to counsel by a defendant who seeks to proceed pro se requires a "searching inquiry" in which the court must communicate to the defendant both the "risks inherent in proceeding pro se" and "the singular importance of the lawyer in the adversarial system of adjudication" (People v Crampe,
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