Antonio Darnell Robinson v. John Ignacio, Warden

CLIFTON, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to consider (1) whether the application of a Nevada state procedural default bar also serves under the adequate and independent state ground doctrine to preclude our consideration in a federal habeas proceeding of an alleged Sixth Amendment violation, and (2) whether it is a violation of “clearly established federal law” for a trial court to deny a defendant’s request for counsel at sentencing simply because of his prior waiver of the right to counsel at trial.

Nevada state prisoner Antonio Darnell Robinson appeals the District Court’s denial of his…