context: At trial, Harris was a forty-three-year-old high school graduate. The district court found the former CSHC CEO to be "a very bright man" who had been responsible for his company's SEC filings.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 291 F.3d 726, 731
citation_a.parenthetical: finding waiver from a defendant with an eleventh-grade education to be valid when he was a "sophisticated businessman"
citation_a.sentence: See Fitzpatrick, 800 F.2d at 1066 (“Especially relevant to [Defendant’s] understanding of the risks of self-representation with respect to the securities charges is the fact that he is an experienced stockbroker.”); see also United States v. Kimball, 291 F.3d 726, 731 (11th Cir.2002) (finding waiver from a defendant with an eleventh-grade education to be valid when he was a “sophisticated businessman”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 800 F.2d 1066, 1066
citation_b.parenthetical: "Especially relevant to [Defendant's] understanding of the risks of self-representation with respect to the securities charges is the fact that he is an experienced stockbroker."
citation_b.sentence: See Fitzpatrick, 800 F.2d at 1066 (“Especially relevant to [Defendant’s] understanding of the risks of self-representation with respect to the securities charges is the fact that he is an experienced stockbroker.”); see also United States v. Kimball, 291 F.3d 726, 731 (11th Cir.2002) (finding waiver from a defendant with an eleventh-grade education to be valid when he was a “sophisticated businessman”).