Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Scala v. Securities & Exchange Commission
465 U.S. 1112
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1984-03-23
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- .Faretta right not infringed by appointment of standby counsel at trial where defendant allowed freely to address court, to make strategy decisions and to maintain appearance of autonomy before jury
- "The right to appear pro se exists to affirm the dignity and autonomy of the accused and to allow the presentation of what may, at least occasionally, be the accused's best possible defense."
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 23 opinions
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 53.