Mathis v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
July 2025
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Olano · Crawford v. Washington · Faretta v. California · Wainwright v. Witt · Donnelly v. DeChristoforo
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n "intelligent" decision to waive counsel and proceed pro se is not the same as a "smart" or well-thought decision. The issue is whether the defendant was adequately informed and aware of the significance of what he was giving up, by waiving the right to be represented by counsel.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] defendant must be competent to make this decision and must be clear and unequivocal in his desire to proceed pro se .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. LAMAR v. STATE · MITCHELL v. STATE“the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation.”
2 later decisions 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.