State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
76 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably State v. White (1998), State v. Locklear (1998)
76 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 Faretta v. California · McDougall v. North Carolina · Herko v. United States · State v. Goodman · State v. Hutchins
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A defendant may be permitted at his election to proceed in the trial of his case without the assistance of counsel only after the trial judge makes thorough inquiry and is satisfied that the defendant: (1) Has been clearly advised of his right to the assistance of counsel, including his right to the assignment of counsel when he is so entitled; (2) Understands and appreciates the consequences of this decision; and (3) Comprehends the nature of the charges and proceedings and the range of permissible punishments.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage“[W]aiver of the right to counsel and election to proceed pro se must be expressed 'clearly and unequivocally.'”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage“'[b]efore allowing a defendant to waive in-court representation by counsel ... the trial court must insure that constitutional and statutory standards are satisfied.'”
4 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.