Legal Opinion
McCormick v. Adams
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 3, 2010No. 09-15546PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:
McCormick is a prisoner in the custody of the California Department of Corrections. He waived his right to counsel and represented himself at trial. McCormick now contends, however, that his waiver of counsel was not knowing and voluntary. The California Court of Appeal, the last state court to render a reasoned decision regarding McCormick’s right-to-counsel claim, held that there was no constitutional violation.
After exhausting his state court remedies, McCormick filed the present petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the…
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