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To excuse your PD, I suggest you issue a memorandum of law on Farreta v. California, in which the U.S. Supreme Court has stated that a defendant has ". . .a constitutional right to proceed without counsel when he voluntarily and intelligently elects to do so. Stated another way, the question is whether a State may constitutionally hale a person into its criminal courts and there force a lawyer upon him, even when he insists that he wants to conduct his own defense. It is not an easy question, but we have concluded that a State may not constitutionally do so. "
FARETTA v. CALIFORNIA, 95 S. Ct. 2525, 422 U.S. 806 (U.S. 06/30/1975)
Also, if you didn't sign a waiver of time, you may be able to file a Motion to Dismiss based on PC 1382 (speedy trial provision) since the judge had no cause to push back your hearing dates.
As for the Enacting Clause, I still haven't brought that issue up, but a good start would be to swear out an Affidavit that states after an exhaustive search you were unable to find the enacting clause of the act of legislature which contains statute you are accused of violating and believe none exists.
Note: ALWAYS get a copy of the transcripts from each appearance. You can delay indefinitely until they get you the transcripts.
-BT
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