U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2002

Williams v. Superior Court Kern County

Williams v. Superior Court Kern County
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided June 14, 2002
37 F. App'x 890

Williams v. Superior Court Kern County

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

We previously remanded this case for the district court to determine whether Williams’s request to represent himself on the day of trial was made for the purpose of delay. Williams v. Kern County Superior Court, 1999 WL 132271 (9th Cir. 1999). The district court conducted an evidentiary hearing and heard testimony from Williams, his trial counsel, the state prosecutor and the state trial judge. The district court concluded that the request for self-representation was just “another effort to delay the trial.” Because the district court properly considered the “purpose of delay” factors of Fritz v. Spalding, 682 F.2d 782 (9th Cir. 1982), and its factual *891findings are not clearly erroneous, we affirm the denial of habeas relief.

AFFIRMED.

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