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P. v. Delisi CA1/3
Opinion
Opinion
Siggins, J.
I. DISCUSSION
Because Delisi’s claims of error concern only whether his waivers of the right to counsel and trial by jury were valid, we will not discuss the facts of his crimes. Instead, we will provide much of the context for the issues he raises by quoting at length from the trial court proceedings concerning his decisions to represent himself, and to proceed with a trial before the court.
1 A. Waiver of Counsel (1) Pretrial Proceedings Criminal complaints were filed against Delisi on March 28, 2011. On March 29, the court referred the case for a mental health evaluation to Dr. Ranish. On March 30, the court held an unreported conference with counsel and Dr. Ranish. The case was continued to April 20. On April 20, criminal proceedings were suspended and Dr. Doty was appointed to report on whether Delisi was mentally competent. (Pen. Code, § 1368.) On April 25, the order directing a report was vacated and the case was continued to May 18. At the May 18 hearing, the court asked the public defender: “And this was the matter where we had originally referred it to Dr. Doty, but then based on your interaction with Mr. Delisi, I think we vacated that; is that correct?” Defense…