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Medley v. State

Citations

  • 47 S.W.3d 17
  • 2000 WL 1608621

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The control of the business of the court is vested in the sound discretion of the trial judge.”
  • “Trial courts have the duty, and discretion, to maintain the orderly flow and administration of judicial proceedings, including the exercise of a defendant’s right to counsel.”
  • a defendant “does not have the right to repeatedly alternate his position on the right to counsel and thereby delay trial or otherwise obstruct the orderly administration of justice.”
  • the Faretta right is timely asserted at any point before impaneling of the jury
  • applying Marquez analysis to waiver of the right to counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Boyd, Reavis, Johnson

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