No. 19-6165

Ricky G. Davis v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2019-10-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 6th-amendment constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process pro-se pro-se-representation probation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can Virginia constitutionally hale a person into its criminal courts and there force a lawyer upon him, even when he insist that he wants to conduct his own defense?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. CAN VIRGINIA CONSTITUTIONALLY HALE A PERSON INTO ITS CRIMINAL COURTS AND THERE FORCE A LAWYER UPON HIM, EVEN WHEN HE INSIST THAT HE WANTS TO CONDUCT HIS OWN DEFENSE ? ‘II. THE VIRGINIA COURTS ERRED WHEN THEY CONCLUDED THE UNITED STATES ; CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PROVIDE A RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN A PROBATION , REVOCATION HEARING. THE COURTS ERRED BY NOT UPHOLDING PETITIONER'S STATUTORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-07-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Ricky G. Davis
Ricky G. Davis — Petitioner