Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit December 5, 2001, 00-4294 (United States v. Roman Kosmel)

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Appellant Roman Kosmel represented himself during his criminal trial for unlawfully harboring illegal aliens, encouraging aliens to reside unlawfully in the United States, engaging in a pattern of unlawfully hiring aliens, money laundering, and marriage fraud. Kosmel now claims that his choice to proceed pro se was not knowing and intelligent.