Heath Allen Wilkins v. Michael Bowersox

How courts have described this case

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

• “The court’s colloquy with Wilkins regarding his decision to waive counsel consisted predominantly of leading questions that failed to allow Wilkins to articulate his reasoning process.”
• “The state trial court erroneously believed that its previous finding that Wilkins was competent to stand trial was alone sufficient to mandate a conclusion ■ that Wilkins’[s] waiver of counsel was valid.”
• “a finding of coercion bears upon the voluntary aspect of the waiver”
• “a finding of coercion bears upon the voluntary aspect of the waiver”
• “a finding of coercion bears upon the voluntary aspect of the waiver”
• “a finding of coercion bears upon the voluntary aspect of the waiver”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).