People v. Trotter

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of murder and sentenced to natural life in prison. No misconduct during closing argument when prosecutor noted that victim had just moved to Chicago to start a life with her fiance, as prosecutor was commenting on evidence properly presented at trial as to victim's background and relevant details of her life prior to her murder. Defendant definitively invoked his right of self-representation. A defendant has either the right to counsel or the right to represent himself, and is thus not entitled to hybrid representation whereby he would receive services of counsel and still be permitted to file pro se motions.(FITZGERALD SMITH and HOWSE, concurring.)