Reger v. Cheney

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “[a]ppellant had no right to hybrid representation and thus no right to demand that the trial court address his pro se motions on the merits”
• holding that challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence must be evaluated based on all evidence admitted at trial, including stipulations, and that such challenges cannot serve as an alternative means to review trial court or counsel errors
• stating that no defendant has a right to hybrid representation, so the defendant had no right to have his pro se motions addressed on the merits
• holding that a conviction will generally be vacated for a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel only where the reliability of the trial has been undermined, but prejudice is presumed where the defendant suffers a complete denial of counsel during a critical stage of trial
• noting that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not attach until a prosecution has commenced “whether by way of formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment.”
• stating that gunshot wounds to chest and back evidence a specific intent to kill

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).