Appeals Court: Insurance Fraud Defendant Should Be Allowed To Represent Herself

Mealey's (August 31, 2017, 11:39 AM EDT) -- VENTURA, Calif. — A woman facing four counts of insurance fraud should be allowed to represent herself for her upcoming trial, a California appeals panel ruled Aug. 23, finding that her request was timely and that she acknowledged that she knows her case “inside and out” (People v. Linda Michelle Boggess, No. B277790, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., 6th Div., 2017 Calif. App. Unpub. LEXIS 5795)....