Summary
Permitting corporations to be represented by their non-attorney chief executive officer/controlling shareholder in criminal proceedings violated the Sixth Amendment right to counsel even though the officer/shareholder was permitted to proceed pro se on the criminal charges lodged against him.
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No. 96-1553.
May 27, 1997, October TERM, 1996.
C.A. 6th Cir. Motions of 16 law firms and Arthur Anderson LLP et al. for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 100 F. 3d 436.