Opinion
No. 128516.
November 9, 2005.
Summary Dispositions.
SC: 128516, COA: 253513.
Pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we reverse the Court of Appeals judgment with regard to defendant Chaaban and remand this case to the Wayne Circuit Court for a new trial. In Faretta v. California, 422 US 806, 807 (1975), the United States Supreme Court held that a defendant "has a constitutional right to proceed without counsel when he voluntarily and intelligently elects to do so." The trial court erroneously denied defendant's unequivocal request to represent himself in violation of Faretta. See People v. Russell, 471 Mich 182 (2004).