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Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to refuse counsel and represent themselves in state criminal proceedings.
"A judge shall accord to every person who has a legal interest in a proceeding, or that person's lawyer, the right to be heard according to law" [4] California: Constitution Art 1 § 3 "The people have the right to...petition government for redress of grievances" [1] California: Rules of Civil Procedure Rule Rule 1290
The counsel for the appellant, Ronald Maines, argued that due process coupled with the decision in Faretta required the extension of a constitutional right for criminal defendants to refuse to have a court-appointed lawyer argue the appeal, thus requiring the right to extend further to allow criminal defendants to argue their own appeals. This ...
We have the right to an attorney, the right to trial by jury and the right against Double Jeopardy—not being tried twice for the same alleged offense, and the right to confront witnesses against ...
Right to petition; Freedom of association; Right to keep and bear arms; Right to trial by jury; Criminal procedural rights; Right to privacy; Freedom from slavery; Due process; Equal protection; Citizenship; Voting rights; Right to candidacy; Comprehensible rules; Theory; Living Constitution; Originalism; Substantive due process; Political ...
As stated in Brewer v.Williams, 430 U.S. 387 (1977), the right to counsel "means at least that a person is entitled to the help of a lawyer at or after the time that judicial proceedings have been initiated against him, 'whether by way of formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment. ' " [2] Brewer goes on to conclude that once adversarial proceedings have begun ...
Michael McConnell, a Stanford law professor and a former federal judge appointed by President George W. Bush, said he would not yet say the nation is in a constitutional crisis, despite the fact ...
But it's been difficult for California to repeal Article 34, a state constitutional provision that requires cities to get voter approval before they build “low-rent housing” funded with public ...