No. 20-7288
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment halbert-v-michigan indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sua-sponte-appointment swenson-v-bosler
Latest Conference:
2021-04-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a state appellate court must appoint counsel sua sponte for an indigent criminal defendant who represents himself at trial, files a notice of appeal pro se, and does not expressly assert or waive the right to counsel on appeal.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state appellate court must appoint counsel sua sponte for an indigent criminal defendant who represents himself at trial, files a notice of appeal pro se, and does not expressly assert or waive the right to counsel on appeal
Docket Entries
2021-04-05
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
2021-03-11
Waiver of right of respondent Oregon to respond filed.
2021-02-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 31, 2021)
Attorneys
Nazari Cam
Kyle Larry Krohn — Office of Public Defense Services, Petitioner
Oregon
Benjamin Noah Gutman — Oregon Department of Justice, Respondent