Opinion ID: 2602185
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The October 7,1997, hearing

Text: At a hearing conducted on October 7, 1997, before the Honorable Bernard J. Kamins (a superior court judge who served as the magistrate presiding over defendant's preliminary hearing and as the judge who presided over defendant's trial in superior court), defendant raised a number of issues unrelated to the subject of the present appeal. [5] During this hearing, the court again offered to provide defendant with legal representation, as follows: Mr. Crayton, you have chosen to represent yourself. [¶] ... [¶] If you wish to have a lawyer appointed, ... let me appoint a lawyer for you. And you have denied that request to me to assist you. [¶] ... If you have the chance to have an excellent lawyer represent you, and you're denying that request, or at least throwing it aside and now complaining it's too hard for you to represent yourself, that's really patently absurd, when you have the ability to have a lawyer helping you. [H] So, you don't want that. [¶] I would even consider a court advisory lawyer for you, someone to assist you, and you [have] turned that down. In response, defendant reiterated his request for the tools that I need (i.e., a voice-activated computer or paralegal services); when I get the tools, I'm fine.