P v. SEVERANCE
Filed 4/5/06
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Sacramento)
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| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. VICTOR LEE SEVERANCE, Defendant and Appellant. | C048410
(Super. Ct. No. 00F04527)
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APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Gary S. Mullen, Judge. Affirmed.
Mark Alan Hart, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Maureen A. Daly, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
In a prior appeal, this court remanded this case for trial on defendant Victor Lee Severance's plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. At the beginning of that trial, the court denied defendant's belated request to represent himself.[1] At the end of the trial, the court granted the prosecution's motion for a directed verdict of sanity.
In this appeal, defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his request to represent himself and in directing a verdict of sanity. We conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's belated request for self-representation because defendant's purpose was â€
