United States v. Calvin Lyniol Robinson

How courts have described this case

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

• distinguishing a case where the defendant expressed his dissatisfaction with appointed counsel and decided to represent himself from cases where defendants requested substitute counsel
• “We find no error in the district court’s failure to make further inquiries into Robinson’s complaints or, sua sponte to offer Robinson substitute counsel.”
• influential in court's determination was \the fact that the district court made an express finding that [the defendant's] waiver was knowing and intelligent\
• influential in court’s determination was “the fact that the district court made an express finding that [the defendant’s] waiver was knowing and intelligent”
• pretrial detainee not deprived of right of access by being required to choose between appointed counsel and one box of legal materials
• “limitations on the range of a defendant’s free choice with regard to appointed or retained counsel are not constitutionally offensive and do not render a subsequent election of pro se status involuntary”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).