United States v. Beckton, No. 13-4037 (4th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction of two counts of bank robbery. The court concluded that the district court's refusal to allow defendant to testify in narrative form was not arbitrary or disproportionate to its purpose; the court also rejected defendant's claim that the district court impermissibly forced him to choose between his right to represent himself and to choose between testifying pro se in question-answer form and testifying in response to questions from standby counsel who would then control the case; and, therefore, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
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