281 N.J. Super. 410 - State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 state decisions

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “While an attorney undoubtedly has the duty to inform his client of all scheduled proceedings, our rules and earlier decisions require that defendant actually be notified of the trial date. We hold that in order to sustain a waiver of the right to be present, it must be shown the trial date was actually communicated to the defendant and the accused unjustifiably failed to appear. [State v. Davis, 281 N.J.Super. 410, 415-16, 658 A.2d 303 (App.Div.1995) (emphasis added) (citation omitted), certif. denied, 145 N.J. 376 , 678 A.2d 716 (1996).]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Ellis

2. “trial judge should attempt to learn where the defendant is and why he is absent and make appropriate factual findings”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 346 N.J. Super. 233 - State v. Smith