Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1988

State v. Coto

State v. Coto
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided November 28, 1988
296 S.C. 480; 374 S.E.2d 181; 1988 S.C. LEXIS 145

State v. Coto

Opinion of the Court

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.

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