CSPAN2 McCoy V. Louisiana Oral Argument January 27, 2018
Sentenced to death. The Supreme Court will decide whether a defendants right to counsel has been violated when his intern he ignores his instructions to plead not guilty this is one hour. Here the next argument, clay versus louisiana. Mr. Chief justice. When a defendant maintains his innocence and insists on testing the prosecution on its burden of proof, the constitution prohibits a trial court from permitting the defendants own lawyer over the defendants objection to tell the jury that he is guilty. The sixth amendment guarantees a personal defense that belongs to the case and whether to adm...