39 Cited authorities

Faretta v. California
422 U.S. 806 (1975) Cited 12,560 times 23 Legal Analyses
Holding that a defendant's right to self-representation was denied when he made his requests "weeks before trial" without any indication that the defendant was required to reassert his request during the trial
United States v. Cronic
466 U.S. 648 (1984) Cited 7,370 times 30 Legal Analyses
Holding defendant is constructively denied counsel during critical stage of criminal proceedings where counsel, inter alia, "fails to subject the prosecution's case to meaningful adversarial testing"
United States v. Wade
388 U.S. 218 (1967) Cited 8,074 times 17 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Sixth Amendment provides the right to counsel at a postindictment lineup even though the Fifth Amendment is not implicated
Indiana v. Edwards
554 U.S. 164 (2008) Cited 1,139 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that the court did not violate the Sixth Amendment by appointing counsel against defendant's objection where defendant was competent to stand trial but not competent to conduct trial proceedings by himself
McKaskle v. Wiggins
465 U.S. 168 (1984) Cited 2,460 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that pro se defendant's right to self-representation was not violated by the presence of a court-appointed standby counsel
People v. Valdez
32 Cal.4th 73 (Cal. 2004) Cited 1,357 times
Rejecting claim of prosecutorial misconduct where witness testified that he obtained a picture of the defendant for a photo lineup when he "went to the jail and found a mug photo"; holding that "an admonition would have cured any prejudice"
Carnley v. Cochran
369 U.S. 506 (1962) Cited 1,493 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[p]resuming waiver [of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel] from a silent record is impermissible. The record must show, or there must be an allegation and evidence which show, that an accused was offered counsel but intelligently and understandingly rejected the offer. Anything less is not waiver."
People v. Bradford
15 Cal.4th 1229 (Cal. 1997) Cited 1,666 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the court was not required to conduct an inquiry into whether medication of defendant during trial was involuntary where defendant did not raise the issue
People v. Marsden
2 Cal.3d 118 (Cal. 1970) Cited 5,042 times
Holding that a trial judge must permit a criminal defendant requesting substitute counsel an opportunity to present argument and evidence in support of such request
Powell v. Alabama
287 U.S. 45 (1932) Cited 4,171 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Fourteenth Amendment provides capital defendants with a right to appointed counsel because the due process right to be heard encompasses a right to be heard by counsel
Section 170.1 - Grounds for disqualification
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 170.1 Cited 832 times
Recognizing relationships based on marriage but providing that spouses are separated by one degree

PEOPLE v. ESPINOZA

39 Cited authorities

Holding that a defendant's right to self-representation was denied when he made his requests "weeks before trial" without any indication that the defendant was required to reassert his request during the trial

Holding defendant is constructively denied counsel during critical stage of criminal proceedings where counsel, inter alia, "fails to subject the prosecution's case to meaningful adversarial testing"

Holding that the Sixth Amendment provides the right to counsel at a postindictment lineup even though the Fifth Amendment is not implicated

Holding that the court did not violate the Sixth Amendment by appointing counsel against defendant's objection where defendant was competent to stand trial but not competent to conduct trial proceedings by himself

Holding that pro se defendant's right to self-representation was not violated by the presence of a court-appointed standby counsel

Rejecting claim of prosecutorial misconduct where witness testified that he obtained a picture of the defendant for a photo lineup when he "went to the jail and found a mug photo"; holding that "an admonition would have cured any prejudice"

Holding that the court was not required to conduct an inquiry into whether medication of defendant during trial was involuntary where defendant did not raise the issue

Holding that a trial judge must permit a criminal defendant requesting substitute counsel an opportunity to present argument and evidence in support of such request

Holding that the Fourteenth Amendment provides capital defendants with a right to appointed counsel because the due process right to be heard encompasses a right to be heard by counsel

Recognizing relationships based on marriage but providing that spouses are separated by one degree