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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Tags Question Presented
23-979 Gerald D. Fields v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied faretta-colloquy fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-prejudice right-to-counsel sentencing-procedure structural-error When a state trial court fails to conduct a Faretta colloquy before sentencing a defendant without counsel, is appellate counsel ineffective for faili…
23A558 Gerald D. Fields v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-12-18 Presumed Complete habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error Whether the Sixth Amendment requires trial courts to explicitly warn defendants of the dangers of self-representation before finding a knowing and vol…