U.S. v. SMITH

No. 15-2457.

830 F.3d 803 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Doyle D. SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who filed a brief and presented argument on behalf of the appellant was John B. Schisler , AFPD, of Fayetteville, AR.

Counsel who filed a brief and presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Gregory S. Knapp , D.O.J., Tax Division, Washington, DC. The following attorneys also appeared on the appellee brief; Frank Phillip Cihlar and Gregory Victor Davis , D.O.J., Tax Division, Washington, DC.

Before LOKEN, ARNOLD, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


Stripped to its essence, this appeal raises the question whether denial of a criminal defendant's timely request to represent himself at trial because he had not complied with prescribed pretrial procedures and might be planning to make arguments the district court would consider "improper" violated his Sixth Amendment right...

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