State v. Towle’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
3
states following
September 2020
most recently cited
2 district · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Faretta v. California · McKaskle v. Wiggins · Indiana v. Edwards · State v. Ball · 15 Cal. 4th 1 - People v. Marshall
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when it is merely a tactic for delay ... or an impulsive response... or is made in passing anger or frustration ... or to frustrate the orderly administration of justice ... or is an insincere ploy to disrupt the proceedings....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Jordan“'[T]he triggering statement in a defendant's attempt to waive his right to counsel need not be punctilious; rather, the dialogue between the court and the defendant must result in a clear and unequivocal statement.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Joel Martin“The two rights are mutually exclusive; the exercise of one right nullifies the other.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.