152140P.pdf   08/30/2016  United States  v.  Sean Conklin
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-2140
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Bismarck   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Wollman and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant waived his Sixth Amendment right 
   to counsel, and the district court did not err in allowing him to proceed 
   to trial pro se; an accused can waive his right to counsel by his conduct; 
   where a defendant refuses to answer the court's questions as to whether he 
   wants to be represented at trial or proceed pro se, refuses appointed 
   counsel and refuses to retain counsel, and where the court properly and 
   repeatedly explains the right to counsel and the dangers of proceeding 
   without one, the court is authorized to find a knowing, voluntary and 
   intelligent waiver of the right to counsel.