Joseph S. Addison v. Tim Shoop, Warden
1. What bright line indicates whether a defendant has clearly and unequivocally invoked their right to conduct their own defense?
2. Can a trial-court refuse to allow a defendant to conduct their own defense, when a defendant has clearly and unequivocally invoked their right to do so?
3. Has a defendant lost his right to self-representation, if appellate court claimed that he acquiesced to counsel, even though trial-court forced him to have counsel in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to represent himself?
4. Must a defendant persist in a request to represent himself, once he has clearly and unequivocally invoked his right to self-representation?
Whether a defendant can be denied their Sixth Amendment right to self-representation when they have clearly and unequivocally invoked such right