United States v. Joseph Calabro

How courts have described this case

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• emphasizing that a defendant “does not have the unbridled right to reject assigned counsel and demand another”
• \it is important that the court consider whether the defendant affirmatively made a choice or whether he proceeded alone only because he felt 'he had no choice' and thus did not effectively waive his right\
• “it is important that the court consider whether the defendant affirmatively made a choice or whether he proceeded alone only because he felt ‘he had no choice’ and thus did not effectively waive his right”
• If a court refuses to inquire into a seemingly substantial complaint about counsel . . . or if on discovering justifiable dissatisfaction a A-0874-19 29 court refuses to replace the attorney, the defendant may then properly claim denial of his Sixth Amendment right.
• distinguishing United States v. Glick, supra
• distinguishing United States v. Glick, supra

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).