faretta-waiver
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A213 | In Re Gavin B. Davis | Fifth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure faretta-waiver pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment | Whether a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated when a court forces them to proceed pro se without a valid Faretta waiver … | |
| 19-8039 | Jeffrey Clark v. Louisiana | Louisiana | 2020-03-18 | Denied | IFP | counsel-conflict criminal-trial death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment faretta-waiver jury-trial right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment | Whether a defendant's waiver of counsel is not knowing, intelligent and voluntary when the defendant's only other option was to proceed to trial with … |
| 19-6045 | Scott H. Summerhays v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-09-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appellate-counsel change-of-plea criminal-procedure critical-stage effective-assistance-of-counsel faretta faretta-waiver ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver | Does a criminal defendant have a right under the Sixth Amendment to reassert his right to counsel at a critical stage (a change of plea hearing) after… |
| 18-6417 | Derrick Wilson v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-10-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | faretta-v-california faretta-waiver Fifth-Amendment-due-process Fourth-Amendment Franks-v-Delaware johnson-v-zerbst pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right United-States-v-Giordano voluntariness waiver wiretap-application | When trial counsel informs the court that he is not prepared for trial and the court's Faretta colloquy does not inquire into the voluntariness of Pet… |