Richard T. Dorman v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.

How courts have described this case

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• failure to hold formal hearing on waiver of counsel was not sufficient reason to deny pro se request, where record clearly indicated defendant's knowledge of the risks
• wish to proceed pro se “rings out loud and clear” from the record
• “[P]etitioner must do no more than state his request, either orally or in writing, unambiguously to the court so that no reasonable person can say that the request was not made.”
• no reasonable person could deny that defendant wanted to proceed pro se where he cited Faretta in several written request to trial judge and began civil proceedings against public defender in order to create conflict of interest and allow defendant to defend himself
• “[Djefendant does not need to recite some talismanic formula hoping to open the eyes and ears of the court to his request. ... [Petitioner must do no more than state his request ... unambiguously to the court so that no reasonable person can say that the request was not made.”
• “Insofar as the desire to proceed pro se is concerned, [a] petitioner must do no more than state his request, either orally or in writing, unambiguously to the court so that no reasonable person can say that the request [to proceed pro se] was not made.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).