Legal Opinion
James D. Wilson v. Hans Walker, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 17, 2000No. 1999PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal requires us to clarify when a criminal defendant may be deemed to have waived a previously asserted right to represent himself at trial. Petitioner James D. Wilson appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Michael A. Telesca, Judge), denying his petition for the writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the ground that he had waived his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation through abandonment. We agree with the District Court that Wilson waived his Sixth Amendment right, and we therefore affirm the…
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- United States v. Charles Wesley Arlt, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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