Did the court rule that a defendant could never act as his or her own lawyer

However, as long as the defendant was not charged with a capital crime, the states did not have to assign free lawyers to every defendant who could not afford them. ... In their decision, the Court did rule that there were special cases where a court should assign a lawyer. Mark me brainliest

id say bottom left to top top left to bottom right and middle to middle

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answer; (a) he was a u.s senator for 38 years;