U.S. v. RICE

Nos. 13-10152, 13-10186.

776 F.3d 1021 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shawn RICE, aka Shawn Talbot Rice, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shawn Rice, aka Shawn Talbot Rice, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Gamage , Gamage & Gamage, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellant.

Daniel G. Bogden , United States Attorney, Elizabeth O. White , Appellate Chief, Adam Flake, Assistant United States Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: CARLOS T. BEA, SANDRA S. IKUTA, and ANDREW D. HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The central question in this appeal is whether the district court denied Shawn Rice his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation. Although the district court should have acted more promptly in granting Rice's request to appear pro se, we find no constitutional violation. We also reject Rice's argument...

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