205 Ga. App. 703 - Houston v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
2
states following
February 2007
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 197 Ga. App. 606 - Callaway v. State · 183 Ga. App. 421 - Lowrance v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“the constitutional right to counsel only entitles him to be defended by counsel of his own selection whenever he is able and willing to employ an attorney and uses reasonable diligence to obtain his services. Since a non-indigent defendant’s right to counsel is predicated upon his own diligence, a failure on his part to retain counsel may constitute a waiver of the right to counsel. Thus, when presented with a non-indigent defendant who has appeared for trial without retained counsel, the trial judge has a duty to delay the proceedings long enough to ascertain whether the defendant has acted with reasonable diligence in obtaining an attorney’s services and whether the absence of an attorney is attributable to reasons beyond the defendant’s control.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The benefit of counsel guaranteed by the Georgia Constitution is not satisfied merely because the defendant is represented by counsel on his trial, but his counsel is entitled to a reasonable time after his employment to prepare a defense in order that he may adequately and effectively represent his client. (Cit.)” Lowrance v. State. 5 Here, the attorney was not given a reasonable time to prepare a defense on behalf of Houston. Accordingly, the trial court erred in failing to insure that Houston knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“indulge every reasonable presumption against waiver.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hasty v. State
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