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Title: People V. Teron
Author : Supreme Court Of California
Release Date : January 11, 1978
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 71 KB

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Defendant Gregory Teron, convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to die, comes before us on automatic appeal. After obtaining permission from the trial court to represent himself, defendant questioned no witnesses and presented neither evidence nor argument on his own behalf. Appointed appellate counsel now argues that the court erred in permitting defendant to represent himself. We conclude, however, that on the record before it the trial court properly ruled that defendant was competent to waive counsel and thus to represent himself. (See Faretta v. California (1975) 422 U.S. 806 [45 L.Ed.2d 562, 95 S.Ct. 2525].) A defendant is not obligated to present a vigorous defense; the decision to plead guilty, or simply not to oppose the prosecution case, is one which a competent defendant has a right to render.