Alfred Norde v. John P. Keane, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility

How courts have described this case

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• stating that in order to succeed on this type of Sixth Amendment claim, a petitioner “must demonstrate that he was harmed by the trial judge’s failure to inquire” into his reasons for requesting substitute counsel
• remanding “with instructions to issue the writ unless within sixty days the State elects to retry” the petitioner
• when state court failed to indicate it had considered federal constitutional claims, the claims were not adjudicated on the merits, and federal court should review de novo
• when state court failed to indicate it had considered federal constitutional claims, the claims were not adjudicated on the merits, and federal court should review de novo
• \a defendant who claims denial of counsel at a critical stage in the proceedings need not show prejudice\
• “While Norde’s behavior was significantly less egregious than that of the defendant in Allen, we conclude that Norde’s removal was within the trial judge’s broad discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).