DAVIS v. MORRIS

No. 82-5569.

719 F.2d 324 (1983)

Bruce McGregor DAVIS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Paul J. MORRIS, Warden, Respondent and Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry L. Scissors, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner and appellant.

Howard J. Schwab, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent and appellee.

Before CHAMBERS and HUG, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, District Judge.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:

In Davis v. Morris, 657 F.2d 1104 (9th Cir.1981), we considered Davis' contention that he had been unlawfully denied the right to represent himself at his murder trial in the California state courts in 1972. The district judge, in his opinion denying a writ of habeas corpus, had stressed evidence of the trial judge's obvious concern for Davis' ability to represent himself competently in this very serious...

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