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Criminal

Oct. 27, 2000

Ineffective or Insane?

It's a simple enough rule: You act as your own attorney, you take your chances. But if you lose, you can't come back and claim you gave yourself bad legal advice.


By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        It's a simple enough rule: You act as your own attorney, you take your chances. But if you lose, you can't come back and claim you gave yourself bad legal advice.
        That nugget of common sense has been the law ever since the U.S. Supreme Court recognized a crimina...

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