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6th Cir. holds that a pair of conspiracy theorists who defrauded the government of $31 million knowingly and intelligently waived their right to counsel when they elected to represent themselves at trial (and lost).
Wild story. opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/1…
Wild story. opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/1…
Their main argument on appeal was that their belief in conspiracy theories was so outrageous it should have been apparent they were not competent to represent themselves.
Court: "the Sixth Amendment does not require adherence to orthodox criminal defense strategies."
Court: "the Sixth Amendment does not require adherence to orthodox criminal defense strategies."
Oh, I thought this story sounded familiar. Turns out (as with so many of these interesting criminal cases) I tweeted about it last year:
