A man’s Sixth Amendment rights were violated when he was barred from acting as his own lawyer in his trial on rape charges, a federal appeals court has ruled.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week held a Wisconsin state judge ran afoul of precedent when he determined Rodney Washington was not competent to defend himself.The judge based that determination on factors that included Washington’s unfamiliarity with the rules of evidence and the complexity of the DNA evidence in the case.The Wisconsin Court …