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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Deters finds the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to represent himself during his trial on two murder charges because the request was made nearly two years after the case had been placed on the court's docket and was clearly a delay tactic, given the trial was set to begin in a week and defendant claimed to need several more months to examine all the evidence. Furthermore, although the prosecutor's comments during closing arguments that defendant was unreliable and the manipulation of several individuals showed defendant's poor character were inappropriate, they did not deprive him of a fair trial. The death sentences are appropriate based, in part, on the brutal nature of the crimes, including multiple stab wounds to the victims and his dismemberment of the bodies. Affirmed.