Properties (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
|
| gptkbp:caseOutcome |
Reversed lower court's decision
|
| gptkbp:caseTypes |
Criminal law case
73-5955 |
| gptkbp:citedBy |
422 U.S. 806
|
| gptkbp:court |
In favor of Faretta
|
| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
June 30, 1975 |
| gptkbp:has_implications_for |
Lawyers may be sidelined in self-representation cases
Allows defendants to control their defense Increased scrutiny on self-representation cases Judges must ensure defendants are competent |
| gptkbp:historical_analysis |
Examined in legal journals
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
Post-Warren_Court_era
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Faretta v. California
|
| gptkbp:impact |
Strengthened the right to self-representation
|
| gptkbp:involved |
State of California
Anthony_Faretta |
| gptkbp:judges |
Justice Harry Blackmun
|
| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
gptkb:United_States_federal_jurisdiction
|
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
Right to self-representation
Competency to waive counsel Influenced future self-representation rulings Affirmed_the_Sixth_Amendment_rights |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Influenced state laws on self-representation
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
Frequently cited in legal arguments
Used in law schools for teaching constitutional rights Relevant in discussions of defendant autonomy Relevant in discussions of judicial discretion Relevant in discussions of legal ethics Relevant in discussions of trial rights Relevant in discussions of criminal defense strategies Landmark_case_in_American_legal_history |
| gptkbp:notableQuote |
"The right to defend is personal."
"A defendant in a criminal trial has the right to conduct his own defense." |
| gptkbp:occursAnnually |
Clarified standards for self-representation
|
| gptkbp:outcome |
Defendant has the right to represent themselves
|
| gptkbp:politicalParty |
gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
|
| gptkbp:precedent |
Self-representation in criminal trials
|
| gptkbp:publicAccess |
Mixed reactions from legal community
|
| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:Indiana_v._Edwards
gptkb:Godinez_v._Moran gptkb:Sixth_Amendment_rights Competency standards Self-representation rights Waiver of counsel Johnson_v._Zerbst McKaskle_v._Wiggins |