Case Name: The STATE, Respondent v. Milton E. COTO, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1988-11-28
Citations: 296 S.C. 480
Docket Number: 22928
Parties: The STATE, Respondent v. Milton E. COTO, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 296
Pages: 480–481

Head Matter:
22928
The STATE, Respondent v. Milton E. COTO, Appellant.
(374 S. E. (2d) 181)
Supreme Court
John D. Kassel, of Suggs & Kelly, P.A., Columbia, on behalf of A.C.L.U. of the South Carolina Foundation, for appellant.
T. Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen., Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Gwendolyn L. Fuller, Staff Atty. and James C. Anders, Sol, Columbia, for respondent.
Heard Oct. 21, 1988.
Decided Nov. 28, 1988.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The record does not indicate, and no determination was made, that Appellant's waiver of counsel was knowing and intelligent. Accordingly, the case is reversed and remanded for a new trial. State v. Bateman,_S. C__, 373 S. E. (2d) 470 (1988); see also Faretta v. California, 422 U. S. 806, 95 S. Ct. 2525, 45 L. Ed. (2d) 562 (1975); Von Moltke v. Gillies, 332 U. S. 708, 68 S. Ct. 316, 92 L. Ed. 309 (1948).
Reversed and remanded.