faretta-waiver
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A213 | In Re Gavin B. Davis | Fifth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Denied | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure faretta-waiver pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment | If a criminal defendant is forced against their will to proceed in propia persona absent a bona fide unequivocal Faretta waiver, while timely and dili… | |
| 19-8039 | Jeffrey Clark v. Louisiana | Louisiana | 2020-03-18 | Denied | IFP | counsel-conflict criminal-trial death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment faretta-waiver jury-trial right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment | Mr. Clark represented himself at trial because his lawyer planned to concede his guilt of second-degree murder. The Louisiana Supreme Court held the F… |
| 19-6045 | Scott H. Summerhays v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-09-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appellate-counsel change-of-plea criminal-procedure critical-stage effective-assistance-of-counsel faretta faretta-waiver ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver | 1. Does a criminal defendant have a right under the Sixth Amendment to reassert his right to counsel at a critical stage (a change of plea hearing) af… |
| 18-6417 | Derrick Wilson v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-10-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | faretta-v-california faretta-waiver Fifth-Amendment-due-process Fourth-Amendment Franks-v-Delaware johnson-v-zerbst pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right United-States-v-Giordano voluntariness waiver wiretap-application | When (a) trial counsel informs the court that he is not prepared for trial; and (b) the court's Faretta colloquy does not inquire into the voluntarine… |