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California (1975), the court held that a criminal defendant has the right to knowingly and voluntarily opt for pro se representation at trial. [76] This right is not per se violated by the appointment of standby counsel. [77] There is no constitutional right to self-representation on appeal. [78]
A reader asked How To California: “Is there an old age limit to serve jury duty?”
In the United States courts, a motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) is a motion made by a party, during trial, claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case. [1] It asserts that the evidence allows only one result: victory for the moving party, even if a jury has found otherwise. [2]
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter castigated the VA for failing to use the 388-acre campus to 'principally benefit veterans and their families.'
A citizen's right to a trial by jury is a central feature of the United States Constitution. [1] It is considered a fundamental principle of the American legal system. Laws and regulations governing jury selection and conviction/acquittal requirements vary from state to state (and are not available in courts of American Samoa), but the fundamental right itself is mentioned five times in the ...
Judgment notwithstanding the verdict, also called judgment non obstante veredicto, or JNOV, is a type of judgment as a matter of law that is sometimes rendered at the conclusion of a jury trial. In American state courts , JNOV is the practice whereby the presiding judge in a civil jury trial may overrule the decision of a jury and reverse or ...
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