In Re Cardinal

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that defendant waived his right to be present during voir dire where he failed to notify court that he could not see and hear individual voir dire proceedings taking place at bench
• agreeing with this Court’s decision that defendant “waived his Sixth Amendment right . . . by failing to assert that right”
• “[u]nless a defendant speaks out, normally he must be bound by the trial decisions, actions and inactions of counsel”
• “Unless a defendant speaks out, normally he must be bound by the trial decisions, actions and inactions of counsel.” (quotation omitted)
• court may not second-guess attorney’s strategic choices
• criminal defendant's right to jury trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).