[Catspaw]

I always heard that once you decide to represent yourself & the trail begins you CAN'T then say "oh, sorry. I have changed my mind". It's kind of like when ya choose a trial by jury, then part way through you feel it's not going your way, so you then call for a trial by Judge.

In this case, it wasn't Muhammed who said, "oh, sorry, I have changed my mind." It was the judge who said, "nope, you're not going to represent yourself anymore."

[Puppage]

It was the judge who said, "nope, you're not going to represent yourself anymore."

But, isn't that the same kind of instance? I mean, could a judge do that in the case of a trial by jury....suddenly decide that the juy's not doing it's job & decide to render the verdict himself?

In both cases it would be going against the legal wishes of the accused.