Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Hepp
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 3, 2016No. 14-3613PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
This case is, in spirit, a companion to our recent decision in Imani v. Pollard, No. 14-3407, 826 F.3d 939, 2016 WL 3434673 (7th Cir. June 22, 2016). It, too, raises the question whether a criminal defendant’s right to self-representation — acknowledged by the Supreme Court in Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975) — was infringed. In our case, Joseph Jordan was on trial for reckless homicide in Wisconsin. He moved to waive counsel and represent himself because he feared that his court-appointed attorney was not up to the job. The court…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by35 opinions
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