United States v. Loya-Rodriguez

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• stating that we review for clear error a district court’s finding as to whether a defendant has unequivocally requested self-representation
• finding no clear request—even though the defendant expressly stated in a letter that he wanted to communicate without his attorney—because the letter, when “taken as a whole,” could “fairly be read” to conclude that the defendant was not requesting self-representation
• finding no clear request— even though the defendant expressly stated in a letter that he wanted to communicate without his attorney — because the letter, when “taken as a whole,” could “fairly be read” to conclude that the defendant was not requesting self-representation
• defendant’s statement in a letter that he wanted “to communicate without the help of an attorney” was unclear, given the context of the letter and the defendant’s subsequent silence when the district court invited the defendant to address the court if he wished
• defendant’s statement in a letter that he wanted “to communicate without the help of an attorney” was unclear, given the context of the letter and the defendant’s subsequent silence when the district court invited the defendant to address the court if he wished

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).