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· 7/21/1994

Charles T. Lord v. Jack Duckworth

Citations

  • 29 F.3d 1216
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 18306
  • 1994 WL 380346

How courts have described this case

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

  • ruling that when a suspect asks, “I can’t afford a lawyer but is there anyway I can get one?,” courts do not consider it a “clear” request for counsel
  • holding that defendant’s statement that “I can’t afford a law yer but is there anyway I can get one?” was not a clear invocation of the right to counsel
  • holding, in light of Davis, that defendant's statement “I can't afford a lawyer but is there anyway I can get one?” \lacked the clear implication of a present desire to consult with counsel” and \was ambiguous, at best”
  • discussing presumption of correctness afforded to subsidiary questions informing the state court's legal conclusions
  • discussing presumption of correctness afforded to subsidiary questions informing the state court’s legal conclusions
  • discussing presumption of correctness afforded to subsidiary questions informing the state court’s legal conclusions

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Judges: Flaum, Rovner, Williams

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