"A fool for a client": Print portrayal of 49 pro se criminal defendants

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 408-419

  Mossman, D ^a   Dunseith N W , Jr ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURT; CRIME; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LAW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CIVIL RIGHTS; CONSULTANTS; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035664166     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (79)

1. In self-defense, literally some "fools" ignore Lincoln's maxim and represent themselves in court
2. LIRR gunman goes pro se with perplexing voir dire
3. Kevorkian convicted of second-degree murder
4. Desire for self-representation not uncommon
5. Judges, lawyers say going without a lawyer is tough
6. Legal firms cutting back on free services for poor
7. Do-it-yourself law hits courts
8. A reasoned standard for competency to waive counsel after Godinez v. Moran
9. The right to represent oneself incompetently: Competency to waive counsel and conduct one's own defense before and after Godinez
10. People v. Welch: A missed opportunity to establish a rational rule of competency to waive the assistance of counsel
11. The state v. the self-represented: A Florida prosecutor's concerns when litigating against a pro se defendant in a criminal trial
12. "Dignity was the first to leave": Godinez v. Moran, Colin Ferguson, and the trial of mentally disabled criminal defendants
13. "Attitudinal" decision making in the federal courts: A study of constitutional self-representation claims
14. Providing equal access to equal justice: A statistical study of non-prisoner pro se litigation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco
15. Without appointed counsel in capital proceedings: The self-representation competency of Mississippi death row inmates
16. Across the nation
17. Burien osteopath prefers jail to community service
18. Ex-doctor guilty of providing drugs
19. Drama played out on a courtroom stage: Robbery defendant questions his accuser
20. Defendant sums up at robbery trial
21. Man who was own lawyer gets 191/2 years for theft
22. Gunman "on campaign to kill Jews," jury told; sniper trial starts with little from defense
23. Jury here convicts racist in slaying; he gunned down man near synagogue in '77
24. Prosecutors open multiple rape case; man charged with 28 rape, assault, kidnapping charges in '96, '97 attacks
25. Man convicted of rapes, assaults
26. Man charged with endangerment offers defense
27. Suspect in hostage-taking ends hunger strike begun in March
28. Suspect says legal system flawed
29. Defendant testifies in his own defense: Calif. native defends actions during trial for attack on city lawyer
30. Woman sentenced for Rehnquist threats
31. Case digests
32. Wilcox shooting suspect ruled mentally competent for trial
33. Judge rules tax is not on trial; shooting, not ball park, is issue
34. "I shot Mary Rose Wilcox": Trial told
35. Unapologetic Naman gets 15-year sentence; homeless man shot Mary Rose Wilcox
36. Pekin nudist appears in court with clothes and an excuse
37. Pekin nudist guilty of disorderly conduct
38. Pekin nudist a no-show in court
39. Judge lets man have blood tested
40. 3 Days, 3 trials, 3 convictions
41. Trial of robber who defended himself takes another odd twist
42. Killer found insane in escape trial
43. Judge stands by insanity acquittal despite likely ruse
44. Zagustin arrest
45. Zagustin
46. Matter disposed of; fight over dirty house ends as new owner takes possession
47. The Sixth Amendment right to shoot oneself in the foot: An assessment of the guarantee of self-representation twenty years after Faretta
48. The defective assistance of counsel
49. Clinicians' guidelines for assessing and presenting subtle forms of patient incompetence in legal settings
50. Competency to stand trial and the paranoid specrum