Legal Opinion

Artavias Chovan Cole v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)

Decided November 13, 2019No. 09-18-00124-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-18-00124-CR NO. 09-18-00125-CR __________________ ARTAVIAS CHOVAN COLE, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the Criminal District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause Nos. 17-26949, 17-26950 __________________________________________________________________ OPINION The Sixth Amendment allows a criminal defendant to represent himself at trial.1 The right to choose (or to reject) counsel is a personal right. And the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. McKaskle v. WigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. McDuff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Indiana v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  5. McCoy v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2018

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