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152457P.pdf   07/29/2016  United States  v.  Doyle Smith
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-2457
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Arnold and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court's decision in this case 
   to deny defendant's request to represent himself because he had failed to 
   comply with prescribed pretrial procedures and might be planning to raise 
   arguments the district court would consider "improper" violated 
   defendant's Sixth Amendment right of self-representation; reversed and 
   remanded for further proceedings.