United States Ninth Circuit

A denial of a petition for habeas relief brought by a prisoner who waived his right to counsel and represented himself at trial and now claimed the waiver was not knowing and voluntary is affirmed over defendant's claims that: 1) the trial court led him to believe he could revoke his Faretta waiver at any time, and that he relied on this promise in waiving his right to counsel; and 2) he made a mid-trial request for counsel that was wrongly denied by the trial court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2010
• Decided 09/03/2010
• Published 09/03/2010

Judges

• Wallace

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric M. Weaver, Mark A. Johnson