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Enright v. Board of School Directors

U.S.
Oct 29, 1984
469 U.S. 966 (1984)
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noting that lower courts must “determine[] whether there has been a sufficiently clear request to proceed pro se.... If a request is ambiguous, the trial judge need not respond, because there has been no clear indication of a desire to waive a right to counsel”

Summary of this case from Garcia v. Mitchell
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Opinion

No. 84-331.

October 29, 1984.

Sup. Ct. Wis. Certiorari denied. JUSTICE WHITE and JUSTICE O'CONNOR would deny the petition for writ of certiorari for want of jurisdiction. Reported below: 118 Wis. 2d 236, 346 N. W. 2d 771.

Summaries of

Enright v. Board of School Directors

U.S.
Oct 29, 1984
469 U.S. 966 (1984)

noting that lower courts must “determine[] whether there has been a sufficiently clear request to proceed pro se.... If a request is ambiguous, the trial judge need not respond, because there has been no clear indication of a desire to waive a right to counsel”

Summary of this case from Garcia v. Mitchell

In Raulerson, the Eleventh Circuit had found the petitioner had failed to make an "unequivocal" request to proceed pro se, by, among other things, "sen[ding] a letter to the judge requesting permission to appear pro se" which "[t]he court did not immediately act on", because he "did not pursue the matter" and while "a defendant need not continually renew his request to represent himself even after it is conclusively denied by the trial judge, he must pursue the matter diligently."

Summary of this case from Barney v. D'Illio

disagreeing with Supreme Court's denial of petition for certiorari review

Summary of this case from Brathwaite v. Phelps

cautioning that the assertion of the right to proceed pro se should not be overlooked in an effort to protect the right to counsel

Summary of this case from Stigars v. State
Case details for

Enright v. Board of School Directors

Case Details

Full title:ENRIGHT ET AL. v. BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Oct 29, 1984

Citations

469 U.S. 966 (1984)

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