Roberts v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently June 2010 · most notably Davis v. Davis (1994), Coleman v. State (1963)
28 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Betts v. Brady · Moore v. State of Michigan · Wade v. Mayo · Uveges v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · Carter v. People of State of Illinois
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There are some individuals who, by reason of age, ignorance or mental capacity, are incapable of representing themselves adequately in a prosecution of a relatively simple nature. This incapacity is purely personal and can be determined only by an examination and observation of the individual. Where such incapacity is present, the refusal to appoint counsel is a denial of due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““(The Court) ‘Now we will take up the case of State v. Lloyd R. Roberts. Roberts, I asked you at the outset whether you had an attorney. You told me you didn’t have one.’ (The Defendant) ‘No sir.’ (The Court) ‘And you do not want one, is that correct ?’ (The Defendant) ‘Yes sir.’ (The Court) ‘Let the record show that plainly.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Traverser informed of his right to have counsel appointed. Traverser in open Court freely waives right.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.