No. 21-8063
William Lee Wright Jr. v. California
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta faretta-motion judicial-discretion self-representation timeliness totality-of-the-circumstances
Latest Conference:
2022-10-07
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether, as the majority of jurisdictions hold, a request for self-representation under Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975), is timely if made prior to trial, or whether instead, as California and a handful of other jurisdictions maintain, even a pre-trial Faretta request can be held to be "untimely" based on a "totality of the circumstances" test?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a pre-trial request for self-representation under Faretta v. California is timely
Docket Entries
2022-10-11
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-22
Reply of petitioner William Lee Wright, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
2022-09-06
Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.
2022-07-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 6, 2022.
2022-07-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2022 to September 6, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-06-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2022.
2022-06-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 6, 2022 to August 5, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-06-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 6, 2022)
Attorneys
California
Stephanie Chu Santoro — California Department of Justice, Respondent
William Lee Wright, Jr.
Alyssa Christine Mellott — Office of the State Public Defender, Petitioner