Thomas v. Carroll

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents a factual scenario unique in our experience and a legal question for which we have found no precise precedent.

While Appellant Andre R. Thomas was serving a thirty-five year sentence in a Delaware penal institution, he punched a corrections officer and was subsequently indicted under Delaware law for assault. Prior to trial, Thomas voluntarily and knowingly waived his right to counsel and was permitted to proceed pro se. However, after the Delaware trial judge (Superi- or Court) declined to order the production of all the…