Kirsch

discussion with Kirsch, the court decided to allow him to represent himself,

although “with some hesitation.” The court carefully considered Kirsch’s capacity

to represent himself, recognizing that it could exercise its discretion to bar Kirsch

1 Kirsch does not dispute that he was competent to stand trial. He argues that, like the defendant in Edwards, he was competent to stand trial but was not competent to represent himself.

25-1826 from doing so if it found that he was incompetent. Edwards requires nothing

more. Accordingly, the trial court did not abuse its discretion, and we affirm

Kirsch’s conviction.

AFFIRMED.

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