Legal Opinion
Omar Pouncy v. Carmen Palmer
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 13, 2017No. 16-1137PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBoggs, J., joined by Sutton, J.,
CLAY, J. (pp. 164-70), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
It is well established that the Constitution guarantees criminal defendants the right to self-representation. Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 832, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975). But because an accused who manages his own defense relinquishes many of “the traditional benefits associated with the right to counsel,” courts must ensure that a defendant who wishes to represent himself does so “knowingly and intelligently,” and the record must “establish that ‘he ' knows what he is doing and…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by113 opinions
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- Larry Stewart v. Tony TrierweilerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
- Omar Pouncy v. Carmen PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2021
- Lisa Bergman v. Jeremy HowardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2022
- August Cassano v. Tim ShoopCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2021
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