State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 22 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Except in cases wherein capital punishment is a permissible sentence, a person indicted for misdemeanors and/or felonies may voluntarily waive his right to be present and may be tried in his absence upon a finding by the court that such person has received notice of his right to be present and that a warning was given that the trial would proceed in his absence upon a failure to attend the court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Aiken v. David Michael Koontz

2. “Faretta 2 requires that a defendant be made aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation so that the record will establish he knows what he is doing and his choice is made with eyes open.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Jackson

3. “A defendant can forfeit his right to counsel irrespective of his knowledge of ... the dangers of self-representation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Osbey v. State