182 N.C. App. 285 - State v. Walters’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The trial court:] We’re burning daylight. We’re wasting time .... Now, if you want to be stupid and try your own case .... then you can be stupid and do that. That’s your choice. . . . [Y]ou can be obstinate and you can be stupid and you can go to prison because you didn’t listen to a professional. Or you can do it like somebody that’s smart and participate in your defense using a professional. Your choice. . . . Now, I’m going to give you about two minutes to discuss this with your lawyer and then you make your decision. . . . [Y]ou don’t understand it. You have been watching too much TV. Now are you ready to proceed?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 N.C. App. 387 - State v. Worrell

2. “clearly and unequivocally declared before trial that he wanted to represent himself and did not want assistance of counsel when he stated, `I'd rather just go ahead and represent myself.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 N.C. App. 818 - State v. Johnson

3. “[A]fter trial has begun with counsel , the decision whether to allow the defendant to proceed pro se rests in the sound discretion of the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 992 So. 2d 57 - Upshaw v. State