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Title: State v. Smith
Author : State of Wisconsin in Court of Appeals District I
Release Date : January 29, 2006
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 57 KB

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1 James A. Smith appeals from a judgment of conviction for armed robbery and from a post-conviction order summarily denying his motion for a new trial. The issues are: (1) whether the trial court erred by allowing the trial to proceed as Smith defended himself pro se and without appointing standby counsel; and (2) whether the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over Smith because it never held an arraignment. We conclude that: (1) the trial court informed Smith of his options, and Smiths conduct constituted a waiver of his right to counsel when he refused to withdraw his demand for a speedy trial, which could not have been accommodated had another successor or standby counsel been appointed; and (2) the trial courts failure to hold an arraignment was a harmless not a jurisdictional error, for which Smith has not shown prejudice. Therefore, we affirm.