Court Opinion

ID: 9527668
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:32:29.704098+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:26:03.672388
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DISSENTING OPINION
Hunter, J.
— Implicit in our opinion of German v. State, (1978) 268 Ind. 67, 373 N.E.2d 880, is the right to at least a brief hearing when a request for self-representation is made prior to trial but on the date of trial. I feel that this does not seriously inconvenience the court or the state’s case and would be better than an arbitrary rule set up by judicial decree sans a written rule covering this situation. Of course, after the hearing, the granting of the request would still be at the discretion of the trial court.
Note — Reported at 383 N.E.2d 309.