LAUGHLIN

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (18 total)

• United States v. Rigoberto Moya-Gomez, 860 F.2d 706 (7th Cir. 1988)
  …to conduct himself in accordance with those rules. 788 F. 2d at 1236 n. 3.25 The “trial judge need not give ‘a hypothetical lecture on criminal law.’ ” Id. at 1235 (quoting Arnold v. United States, 414 F. 2d 1056, 1058 (9th Cir.1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 1021, 90 S.Ct. 593, 24 L.Ed.2d 514 (1970)). However, the court should question the defendant in an effort to demonstrate the difficulties he would encounter in acting as his own counsel and specifically should advise the defendant that it would be unwise…
• Chapman v. United States, 553 F.2d 886 (5th Cir. 1977)
  …enied, 400 U.S. 930, 91 S.Ct. 194, 27 L.Ed.2d 191 (1971); Lowe v. United States, 418 F. 2d 100 (7th Cir. 1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 1048, 90 S.Ct. 1378, 25 L.Ed.2d 660 (1970); Arnold v. United States, 414 F. 2d 1056 (9th Cir. 1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 1021, 90 S.Ct. 593, 24 L.Ed.2d 514 (1970); United States v. Plattner, 330 F. 2d 271 (2d Cir. 1964). Second, even had we- not explicitly characterized the right to defend pro se- as a sixth amendment right prior to Faretta, the' constitutional basis of t…
• United States v. Davis, 604 F.2d 474 (7th Cir. 1979)
  …d his choice within those limits was knowing and intelligent. We conclude, as did the trial court, that he abandoned his right to be represented by counsel at trial. See Arnold v. United States, 414 F. 2d 1056, 1057-58 (9th Cir. 1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 1021, 90 S.Ct. 593, 24 L.Ed.2d 514 (1970). V. The defendant’s next argument is that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence. The affidavits accompanying the motion set out th…