No. 23-5324

Michael D. Beiter, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 18-usc-3006a court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process forced-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation waiver
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-11-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court can force counsel upon a defendant

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED This case presents an important issue concerning what constitutes "the right to have the assistance of counsel" under under the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and 18 U.S.C. §3006(A). 1. Whether a district court can force counsel upon a defendant even though a district court did not inquired the provisions set forth in 18 U.S.C. §3006(A); and 2. Whether a district court can force counsel upon a defendant despite that the defendant, time and again, fired such forced counsel during open court, and after the fact that the district court acknowledged that the defendant never waived his/her right to assistance of counsel. i

Docket Entries

2023-11-13
Rehearing DENIED.
2023-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
2023-10-11
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-06-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 11, 2023)

Attorneys

Michael D. Beiter
Michael Beiter Jr. — Petitioner
Michael Beiter Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent