110XXXI(B)5 Procedure and Affirmative Duties by Court in Protection of Right to Counsel and Right to Self-Representation
110k1771 k. Presumptions as to Waiver, Burden of Proof.
Right to counsel is so fundamental that courts should indulge every reasonable presumption against its waiver. Howard v. State, 701 So. 2d 274 (Miss. 1997)