Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Banks
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 2016No. 14-3461PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Joseph Banks was convicted of committing or attempting to commit four separate robberies over a 12-month period between 2007 and 2008, and was sentenced to 432 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Banks challenges both his conviction and his sentence. He claims that the district court violated his right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment not only by permitting him to waive his right to counsel and proceed pro se on the eve of trial, but also by not rescinding the waiver when it became clear during trial that he would forgo participating in most of the trial…
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