PEOPLE v. LYNCH PART-III
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>PEOPLE v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b >PEOPLE v. LYNCH</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 8/12/10<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >IN THE SUPREME<br /> COURT OF </b><b >CALIFORNIA</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>THE PEOPLE, )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/> Plaintiff<br /> and Respondent, )<br /> <br/> ) S026408<br /> <br/> v. )<br /> <br/> ) <br /> <br/>FRANKLIN LYNCH, )<br /> <br/> ) Alameda<br /> County<br /> <br/> Defendant<br /> and Appellant. ) Super. Ct.<br /> No. H-10662<br /> <br/>__________________________________ )<u></u><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >Story continued from part II…..</b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <h4>b) Discussion</h4><br /> <br/>A<br /> trial court must grant a defendant's request for self-representation if the<br /> defendant unequivocally asserts that right within a reasonable time prior to<br /> the commencement of trial, and makes his request voluntarily, knowingly, and<br /> intelligently. (<i >People v. Welch</i> (1999) 20 Cal.4th 701, 729; <i >People</i> <i >v. Windham </i>(1977)<br /> 19 Cal.3d 121, 127-128 (<i >Windham</i>).) As<br /> the high court has stated, however, â€