Legal Opinion
Megan Van Lynn v. Teena Farmon, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 17, 2003No. 03-15221PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by District Judge RHOADES; Concurrence by Judge GRABER.
OPINION
RHOADES, District Judge.
Respondent Warden Teena Farmon (“Warden Farmon”) appeals the district court’s judgment granting petitioner Megan Van Lynn’s (“Van Lynn”) petition for writ of habeas corpus on the ground that Van Lynn was denied her Sixth Amendment right to represent herself at trial and received ineffective assistance of appellate counsel because her counsel failed to raise this issue on direct appeal.
We conclude that where a state court reasons that a defendant is not competent to represent herself simply because…
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- People v. MarsdenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
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