Unrepresented Party's Submission Defect Requires Remedial Deadline Before Dismissal

Where an unrepresented party in criminal proceedings seeks representation by a person not qualified to provide professional representation or assistance, the court must grant the party a deadline to correct the defect by personally signing the pleading, as the submission is otherwise invalid. The reviewing court upheld an appeal against the dismissal of a revision request filed by an unqualified representative, reasoning that although the defect in representation was validly noted, the lower authority erred by summarily rejecting the submission instead of adhering to procedural rules, analogous to civil procedure, that require setting a remedial deadline, especially for legally uninformed parties, and further erred by failing to provide instructions on appeal rights in its rejection notice.