Stafford v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Stafford specifically asked to proceed pro se in his appeal of the revocation and has been allowed to do so. In connection with that determination, we point out that under the holding in Mar tinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate Dist., 528 U.S. 152, 164 , 120 S.Ct. 684 , 145 L.Ed.2d 597 (2000), Stafford did not have a constitutional right to self-representation in an appeal from a criminal conviction, and we do not suggest that any broader right exists under the Texas Constitution that would compel this result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cormier v. State