Legal Opinion
Richard T. Dorman v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 9, 1986No. 85-3512PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARZA, Senior Circuit Judge:
Nature of the Case
This habeas corpus appeal involves the denial of petitioner’s constitutional right to self-representation as articulated in Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975). Petitioner was charged and convicted of grand theft in the Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial District, Hillsborough County, Florida. After a long complicated procedural history pursuing state relief, petitioner exhausted his state remedies and applied to the federal district court for habeas corpus relief. The United States District Court for the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by83 opinions
- People v. MarshallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
- Gerald Eugene Stano, Cross-Appellee v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- William Howard Cross, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Jack E. Alderman v. Walter D. ZantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Ronnie PeppersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
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