Philyaw v. State

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• noting that Philyaw was only allowed to use the telephone at night and could not reach an attorney during the week he was given to secure counsel
• acquiescence by a criminal defendant in his retained attorney’s refusal to go forward due to the defendant's lack of funds does not constitute a waiver of the right to counsel, citing United States v. White, 529 F.2d 1390 (8th Cir.1976)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).