faretta-standard

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-6476	Demond Depree Bluntson v. Texas	Texas	2026-01-05	Pending	IFP	faretta-standard fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion mental-illness self-representation sixth-amendment	This case presents important issues concerning the Sixth Amendment right to represent oneself in a criminal proceeding and the fair administration of …
21-7913	William Earl Sweet v. Florida	Florida	2022-05-19	Denied	IFP	criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection faretta-standard fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus harmless-error self-representation timeliness	Right-to-self-representation
21-7904	Vladimir Duarte v. New York	New York	2022-05-18	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta-standard faretta-v-california self-representation sincerity sixth-amendment unequivocal-request waiver-of-counsel	Whether a court must assess only the plain language of a defendant's self-representation request or also determine whether the defendant sincerely des…
20-7274	Michael Diabolis Griffis, Sr. v. Les Parish, Warden	Sixth Circuit	2021-02-26	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process faretta-standard federal-courts pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment	Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision conflicts with clearly established law in Fareita v. California and conflicts with the decisions o…