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POUNCY v. PALMER

No. 16-1137.

846 F.3d 144 (2017)

Omar Rashad POUNCY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Carmen Denise PALMER, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 13, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John S. Pallas , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. David L. Moffitt , Bingham Farms, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John S. Pallas , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. David L. Moffitt , Bingham Farms, Michigan, for Appellee.

BOGGS, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SUTTON, J., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 164-70), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

It is well established that the Constitution guarantees criminal defendants the right to self-representation. Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 832, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975). But because an accused who manages his own defense relinquishes many of "the traditional...

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