No. 22-5153

Ramon A. Boyce v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2022-07-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-authentication prejudice pro-se-defendant self-representation trial-court trial-court-discretion
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Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Has a criminal Defendant's constitutional right to self-representation been violated by a trial court, if that court unreasonably delays the Defendant's request for self-representation and the Defendant suffered prejudice due to the court's delay?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1.) Has a criminal Defendant’s constitutional right to self-representation been violated by a trial court, if that court unreasonably delays the Defendant’s request for selfrepresentation and the Defendant suffered prejudice due to the courts delay? | 2.) Concerning a Pro Se, Defendant, does a trial court violate McKaskle v. Wiggins, 465 | U.S. 168, 174 (1984) when the court does not allow a Defendant to control the organization and content of their own defense, to make motions or to argue points of law | in a case before a court where that Defendant desires to represent them self? | 3.) Can the State argue against a criminal defendant an authentication issue for the purpose of admissibility, relating to evidence in a criminal trial, if the documentary evidence in | question, were secured by the Government or State, from another Government or State department or agency and has been marked by the Government or State as “counsel only materia!” so as to restrict it’s availability to that criminal defendant? | : | | | | i

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-08-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-02
Waiver of right of respondent State of Ohio to respond filed.
2022-07-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 22, 2022)

Attorneys

Ramon A. Boyce
Ramon A. Boyce — Petitioner
Ramon A. Boyce — Petitioner
State of Ohio
Seth Luxon GilbertFranklin County Prosecuting Attorney, Respondent
Seth Luxon GilbertFranklin County Prosecuting Attorney, Respondent