Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit December 24, 1986, 160, Docket 86-2199 (Gregory Johnstone v. Walter J. Kelly, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent)

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the issue whether denial of a defendant’s constitutional right to represent himself at a criminal trial can be harmless error. The issue arises on an appeal by Gregory Johnstone from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Charles L. Brieant, Jr.