Does a defendant have a claim that conditions of confinement during trial impair his ability to represent himself?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Stansbury, 17 Cal.Rptr.2d 174, 4 Cal.4th 1017, 846 P.2d 756 (Cal. 1993):
Defendant complains that the trial court was indifferent to the conditions of his confinement during trial, and that these conditions impaired his ability to represent himself, in violation of the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, article I, section 15 of the California Constitution and Faretta, supra, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525. (See also Milton v. Morris (9th Cir.1985) 767 F.2d 1443, 1446.)
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