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Jones Vs. Barnes

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jul 05, 1983

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  11. U.S. 745 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Jones v. Barnes
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  12. U.S. 745 (1983) Jones v. Barnes
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  13. assistance. The District Court denied relief, but the Court of Appeals reversed, concluding that, under Anders v. California
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  14. raised in the pro se briefs. On May 22, 1978, the Appellate Division affirmed by summary order, New York v. Barnes
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  15. App.Div.2d 865, 405 N.Y.S.2d 621 (1978). The New York Court of Appeals denied leave to appeal, New York v. Barnes
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  16. The District Court held the claims to be without merit and dismissed the petition. United States ex rel. Barnes v. Jones
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  17. had provided ineffective assistance. The New York Court of Appeals denied the application on April 16, 1980, New York v. Barnes
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  18. Id. at 433 (emphasis added). In the view of the majority, this conclusion followed from Anders v. California
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  19. Page 463 U. S. 751 the Court of Appeals relied primarily upon Anders v. California
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  20. supra. There is, of course, no constitutional right to an appeal, but in Griffin v. Illinois
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  21. U. S. 12 , 351 U. S. 18 (1956), and Douglas v. California
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  22. case, as to whether to plead guilty, waive a jury, testify in his or her own behalf, or take an appeal, see Wainwright v. Sykes
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  23. addition, we have held that, with some limitations, a defendant may elect to act as his or her own advocate, Faretta v. California
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  24. for a petitioner's default within the meaning of Wainwright v. Sykes
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  25. U. S. 72 (1977). See also Engle v. Isaac
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  26. to succeed, should acquiesce in the client's choice of which nonfrivolous claims to pursue. Certainly, Anders v. California
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  27. U. S. 738 (1967), and Faretta v. California
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  28. client's express wishes, cannot forever foreclose review of nonfrivolous constitutional claims. As I noted in Faretta v. California
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  29. citing Brookhart v. Janis
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  30. U. S. 1 (1966), and Fay v. Noia
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  31. for any resulting procedural default under state law. See Wainwright v. Sykes
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  32. counsel themselves, but also on its Due Process Clause and its incorporation of Sixth Amendment standards. See Anders v. California
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  33. Johnson v. United
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  34. U. S. 458 , 304 U. S. 462 -463 (1938). The two theories converge in this case also. Cf. Bearden v. Georgia
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  35. of counsel at all stages of the criminal process at which his substantial rights may be affected. Argersiner v. Hamlin
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  36. or that the representation afforded must meet minimum standards of effectiveness. See Powell v. Alabama
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  37. the Constitution, counsel must function as an advocate for the defendant, as opposed to a friend of the court. Anders v. California
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  38. protected was the State's interest in substantial justice, it would not include such a right. However, in Faretta v. California
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  39. his choice must be honored out of 'that respect for the individual which is the lifeblood of the law.' Illinois v. Allen
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  40. for him, although counsel may be better able to decide which tactics will be most effective for the defendant. Anders v. California
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  41. Absent exceptional circumstances, he is bound by the tactics used by his counsel at trial and on appeal. Henry v. Mississippi
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  42. the State's, not his own. As a practical matter, the assistance of counsel is necessary to that defense. See Johnson v. Zerbst
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  43. of the client's autonomy and dignity in all phases of the criminal process. As Justice Black wrote in Von Moltke v. Gillies
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  44. by the Constitution contemplates the services of an attorney devoted solely to the interests of his client. Glasser v. United
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  45. lightly that, in a particular case, a defendant has disregarded his lawyer's obviously sound advice. Cf. Faretta v. California
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  46. U. S. 751 . That statement, besides being unnecessary to its decision, is quite arguably wrong. In Griffin v. Illinois
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  47. case, I have little doubt that the passage of nearly 30 years since Griffin and some 90 years since McKane v. Durston
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  48. Of course, a State may also allow properly supervised law students to represent indigent defendants. See Argersinger v. Hamlin
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court Jones v. Barnes
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  50. New York v. Barnes
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