250 N.C. App. 412 - State v. Faulkner’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Faretta v. California · State v. White · State v. Thomas · State v. Heatwole · 141 N.C. App. 524 - State v. Tennant
Most-quoted passages
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“[S]o-called 'sovereign citizens' are individuals who believe they are not subject to courts' jurisdiction[.] ... [C]ourts repeatedly have been confronted with sovereign citizens' attempts to delay judicial proceedings, and summarily have rejected their legal theories as frivolous.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“cling doggedly to the sovereign citizen script”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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