Michael D. Beiter, Jr. v. United States
Privacy
Whether a district court can force counsel upon a defendant
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