196 So. 2d 893 - Watson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “When constitutional rights are involved it is incumbent upon the trial court to have a full-blown hearing and a record reflecting the same____ In the case before us it is impossible for us to determine whether or not the court abused its discretion in refusing to grant the defendant additional time within which to secure counsel. It may well be that the trial judge was justified in refusing to give appellant additional time within which to secure counsel, but the record wholly fails to reveal this fact. We think that since a constitutional right was involved, the record should fully reflect the facts upon which the court’s opinion was based.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grant v. State

2. “The Supreme Court of the United States has held that the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution secures the right in state prosecutions to a fair opportunity to arrange for counsel of the accused's own choice. Crooker v. State of California, 357 U.S. 433 , 78 S.Ct. 1287 , 2 L.Ed.2d 1448 (1958). The right of counsel also extends to the preparation for trial as well as the trial itself. Powell v. State of Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 , 53 S.Ct. 55 , 77 L.Ed. 158 (1932). ( 196 So.2d at 895 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 296 So. 2d 695 - Myers v. State

3. “When constitutional rights are involved it is incumbent upon the trial court to have a full-blown hearing and a record reflecting the same.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 345 So. 2d 1044 - Robinson v. State