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· 7/22/2015

Laderian McGhee v. Michael Dittmann

Citations

  • 794 F.3d 761
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 12649
  • 2015 WL 4477913

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  • holding defendant's statements \he was going to 'speak up for [himself]' and that he could not be 'expect[ed] . . . to sit [t]here and . . . say nothing in [his] own defense' do not clearly communicate a desire to proceed without counsel.\
  • “The procedural default doctrine ‘is an affirmative defense that the State is obligated to raise and preserve, and consequently one that it can waive.’” (quoting Eichwedel v. Chandler, 696 F.3d 660, 669 (7th Cir. 2012))

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Judges: Bauer, Easterbrook, Ripple

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