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Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975)
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Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975)
Faretta v. California No. 73-5772 Argued November 19, 1974 Decided June 30, 1975 422 U.S. 806
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA,
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
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The Sixth Amendment as made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth guarantees that a defendant in a state criminal trial has an independent constitutional right of self-representation and that he may proceed to defend himself without counsel when he voluntarily and intelligently elects to do so, and, in this case, the state courts erred in forcing petitioner against his will to accept a state-appointed public defender and in denying his request to conduct his own defense. Pp. 812-836.
Vacated and remanded.
STEWART, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which DOUGLAS, BRENNAN, WHITE, MARSHALL, and POWELL, JJ., joined. BURGER, C.J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BLACKMUN and REHNQUIST, JJ., joined, post, p. 836. BLACKMUN, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BURGER, C.J., and REHNQUIST, J., joined, post, p. 846.
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MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975), in 422 U.S. 806, page 422 U.S. 807. Original Sources. 19 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GVSMEU2C592ISNP.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975). cited in 1975, 422 U.S. 806, pp.422 U.S. 807. Original Sources, retrieved 19 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GVSMEU2C592ISNP.
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