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· 6/21/2018

ALEXANDER LEO BROWN v. STATE OF FLORIDA

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that “it is unclear whether a defendant must formally object to the district court’s decision to continue to allow him to represent himself at trial . . . in order to preserve these issues for our review”
  • declining to decide whether to review for plain error because the court could affirm under the “ordinary” standard
  • affirming the revocation of the defendant’s right to self-representation when the defendant defied court orders, argued and interrupted witnesses repeatedly, and attempted to serve numerous harassing subpoenas on victims
  • “[Significant procedural] errors include . . . incorrectly calculating[] the Guidelines range . . . .”
  • district court may vary upwards based on factors already accounted for by the Guidelines

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