Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
DiBlasi v. McMann
DiBlasi v. McMann, 384 U.S. 1007 (1966)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1966-06-20
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- there must be an unequivocal request to defend pro se in order to make denial of the right reversible error
- defendant has unqualified right to represent self prior to start of trial but once trial has begun defendant must show that the prejudice to legitimate interests of defendant overbalances potential disruption of proceedings already in progress
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed DiBlasi v. McMann. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.