State v. Jacobs’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “We cannot assume that defendant understood the legal jargon ... as it related to his sentence. ... Further, the trial judge had an unequivocal duty to ask defendant whether he understood the nature of the charges and proceedings and disclose the range of permissible punishments. He neglected to do so. The foregoing is clearly inadequate to constitute the 'thorough inquiry' necessary to satisfy N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1242(3). Although we recognize that defendant signed a written waiver of his right to assistance of counsel, the trial court was not abrogated of its responsibility to ensure the requirements of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1242 were fulfilled. We need not discern whether the first two subparts of the statute were satisfied-all three must be met to ensure that a defendant's waiver was made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 195 - State v. Pena