City of Bellevue v. Acrey

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 1984-12-06

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Pearson, J. This case requires us to decide whether a *205 criminal defendant effectively waives his rights to trial by jury and to counsel where, being fully aware of those rights, he proceeds through trial without an attorney and without a request for a jury. We hold that such inaction by a defendant, without an express waiver on the record, does not rise to the level of…

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