Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “A postconviction movant, however, does not have the same panoply of constitutional rights which are afforded to a defendant in a criminal prosecution. Neither the Fifth nor the Sixth Amendment rights of a criminal defendant apply in postconviction relief proceedings. Arbelaez v. State, 898 So.2d 25, 42 (Fla.2005). See also Pennsylvania v. Finley, 481 U.S. 551 , 107 S.Ct. 1990 , 95 L.Ed.2d 539 (1987) (holding that prisoner has no federal constitutional due process or equal protection right to counsel in postconviction proceedings); May olo v. State, 714 So.2d 1124, 1124 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) (recognizing that a postconviction movant has no Sixth Amendment right to appointed counsel). A postconviction movant stands convicted under a presumptively valid judgment and the movant, as a civil litigant, has the burden of proving a legally valid basis to vacate that judgment.”

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

2. “[s]ome inquiry into the voluntary and intelligent nature of a movant's decision to seek self-representation”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. OSCAR A. TORO, SR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA