118 Conn. App. 628 - State v. Jordan’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “[t]he defendant did not clearly choose the right to represent himself over the right to be represented by counsel. Rather, he requested, in his motion to dismiss counsel, that he either be permitted to represent himself or be appointed new counsel or standby counsel. Though the defendant stated that he was willing to represent himself, his motion filed with the court suggests that he was open to various forms of representation. In essence, the defendant was attempting to exercise the right to counsel and the right to self-representation simultaneously. Precedent instructs us that absent evidence that the defendant has made a clear choice between the two rights, a court cannot determine that the defendant clearly and unequivocally has requested to represent himself.... We, therefore, conclude that the defendant did not clearly and unequivocally request self-representation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jordan

2. “On May 2, 2004, at approximately 2:20 a.m., the defendant was operating a motorcycle northbound on Interstate 95, just past exit thirty [in the town of Stratford]. Jennifer Diaz was a passenger on the defendant's motorcycle. The defendant was driving alongside Rodney Howard, who was driving a motorcycle with passenger Country Washington, and George Hutchings, who was driving a car with passengers Corey Cook and Tonya Ellis. While operating the motorcycle at an excessive rate of speed, the defendant struck a motor vehicle operated by Ricardo Ringor, causing Diaz to be ejected from the motorcycle. Diaz sustained fatal injuries from the accident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jordan

3. “The requirement that a court canvass a defendant is not triggered, however, until it has been established that the defendant clearly and unequivocally requested to represent himself.... The first piece of the analysis, therefore, is whether the defendant's request to represent himself was clear and unequivocal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jordan