Legal Opinion
Faretta v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 30, 1975No. 73-5772PublishedCited by 9,745 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of our Constitution guarantee that a person brought to trial in any state or federal court must be afforded the right to the assistance of counsel before he can be validly convicted and punished by imprisonment. This clear constitutional rule has emerged from a series of cases decided here over the last 50 years.1 The question before us now is whether a defendant in a state criminal trial has a constitutional right to proceed without counsel when he voluntarily and intelligently elects to do so. Stated another way, the question is whether a State may…
2Cases cited68 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by9,745 opinions
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- Smith v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Taylor v. ListCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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