2012 Pa. Super. 47 - Commonwealth v. Clyburn’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Faretta v. California · McKaskle v. Wiggins · Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Kaloustian · Commonwealth v. Starr · Commonwealth v. Davido
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To ensure that the defendant's waiver of the right to counsel is knowing, voluntary, and intelligent, the judge [...] shall elicit [...] that the defendant understands the nature of the charges against the defendant and the elements of each of those charges[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Failure to conduct a thorough, on-the-record colloquy before allowing a defendant to proceed to trial pro se constitutes reversible error”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“it is incumbent on the court to fully advise the accused [of the nature and elements of the crime] before accepting waiver of counsel.”
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.