Legal Opinion
Jones v. Walker
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2008No. 04-13562PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
In August 1996, Petitioner-Appellant Melvin Jones was convicted in Georgia state court of felony murder and cruelty to a child, in connection with the death of his infant daughter. On February 28, 2008, Jones filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, contending he was forced to represent himself at trial in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. The district court denied the petition, but a panel of this Court reversed. We granted en banc review to determine whether Jones validly waived his right to counsel.
Reviewing Jones’ claim de…
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