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In the affidavit supporting his application for a warrant to search defendant’s home, a police officer relayed information gleaned from his face-to-face interview with a witness, Rynesha Green, who described her own actions in driving defendant to and from the locations of vehicle break-ins and thefts as well as her presence when defendant used stolen ...

Although significant time passed between defendant’s pretrial waivers of counsel and his trial – largely due to the pandemic’s impact on jury trials – the burden of showing a change in defendant’s desire for counsel rests upon defendant. There is no evidence that defendant ever wavered in his desire to represent himself at trial. Moreover, ...