· 7/31/2019
Edward Earl Fulton v. State
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that a petitioner’s “technical legal knowledge,” “the seriousness of the offenses,” and “the likelihood of [the defendant] getting some serious time” are all “invalid bases” to deny a defendant’s right to self-representation (cleaned up)
- noting “the relevant historical facts” of a case include “court transcripts and filings”
- “The type of conduct required for a court to deny a defendant’s request to proceed pro se generally requires extreme disruption of the judicial process.”
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