United States v. Gerritsen

How courts have described this case

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

• interpreting To-var’s reference to “case-specific factors” as pertaining to factors bearing on the defendant’s knowledge about the value of counsel
• interpreting Tovar’s reference to “case-specific factors” as pertaining to factors bearing on the defendant’s knowledge about the value of counsel
• \We review the validity of a waiver ofthe right to counsel de novo.\(citing United States V. Forrester,512 F.3d 500,506(9th Cir. 2008))
• “Our focus should be on what the defendant understood, rather than what the court said or understood.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “In considering whether [the defendant] has effectively waived his right to counsel, we must avoid the tendency of hindsight to diminish the importance of [his] corresponding right to self-representation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).