Rios v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
July 2009
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Faretta v. California · Godinez v. Moran · 274 So. 2d 256 - Nelson v. State · 497 So. 2d 863 - Johnston v. State · Thompson v. State
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“A proper Nelson inquiry begins with ascertaining the reason for an attempt to change attorneys ... Because the trial court in the case on review made no attempt to ascertain the basis for the appellant's wish to change attorneys ... we find that the trial court did abuse its discretion in this case. The trial court failed to conduct any inquiry at all, except to ask if the appellant had a private attorney ready and willing to proceed. This put the cart before the horse. The trial court neglected to satisfy itself on threshold Nelson matters such as whether the appellant's request to change attorneys was prompted by a belief that counsel was rendering ineffective assistance and, if so, upon what evidence were the allegations of ineffective assistance based, and, based on the information garnered from the defendant and counsel was providing effective assistance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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