AKINS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (59 total)

• Smiley Vincent Keene v. State, 420 So. 2d 908 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
  …endant’s request to proceed pro se be clear and unequivocal. See, e.g., U.S. v. Bennett, 539 F. 2d 45 (10th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 925, 97 S.Ct. 327, 50 L.Ed.2d 293 (1976); U.S. v. Montgomery, 529 F. 2d 1404 (10th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 426 U.S. 908, 96 S.Ct. 2231, 48 L.Ed.2d 833 (1976). In State v. Cappetta, the Florida Supreme Court approved the general rule stated in Cappetta v. State, 204 So. 2d 913 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967), that in the absence of unusual circumstanc [*911] es, an accused who is…
• United States v. Rigoberto Moya-Gomez, 860 F.2d 706 (7th Cir. 1988)
  …v. Berardi, 675 F. 2d 894, 900 (7th Cir.1982); United States v. Aleman, 609 F. 2d 298, 310 (7th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 946, 100 S.Ct. 1345, 63 L.Ed.2d 780 (1980); United States v. Rajewski, 526 F. 2d 149, 153 (7th Cir.1975), cert. denied, 426 U.S. 908, 96 S.Ct. 2231, 48 L.Ed.2d 833 (1976). “A defendant making a motion for severance [*768] pursuant to Rule 14 has the burden of demonstrating a strong showing of preju-dice____ The fact that a separate trial might offer a better chance of acquittal i…
• United States v. Miller, 589 F.2d 1117 (1st Cir. 1978)
  …oth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218, 246-47, 93 S.Ct. 2041, 36 L.Ed.2d 854 (1973). A trial court’s finding of voluntary consent will not be reversed unless it is clearly erroneous. United States v. Cepulonis, 530 F. 2d 238, 243 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 426 U.S. 908, 96 S.Ct. 2231, 48 L.Ed.2d 834 (1976). Although we find the issue of consent-in-fact, as opposed to the voluntariness thereof, to be a close one, we find no clear error here. As discussed more fully below, the circumstances, surrounding the search…