print email comment close Defending the Right to Self Representation: An Empirical Look at the Pro Se Felony Defendant URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=901610 Description: Abstract and full text of a 2006 law review article that "presents the results of the first comprehensive study of pro se [self-representing] felony defendants. The data clearly refute both the assumption that most felony pro se defendants are ill-served by the decision to self-represent and the theory that most pro se defendants suffer from mental illness." By a University of Georgia Law School professor. Author: Hashimoto, Erica, J. Publisher: Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. Extra Keywords North Carolina Law Review criminal pro per Library of Congress Subject Headings: Defense (Criminal procedure) Pro se representation LII Database Information: Record 21707 created by Maria Brandt on 05/30/2006 Last modification on 05/30/2006 Published: 06/01/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21707