United States v. Duane McKinney

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that to conclude a defendant may not represent himself at trial requires a \threshold\ determination that he suffers from a \severe mental illness\
• “[B]ecause we see no clear error in the district court's finding that [the defendant] failed to meet this ‘threshold’ level of incompetency under Edwards, we have no need to determine whether ‘may’ means ‘must’ with respect to representation in the Edwards context.”

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