381 So. 2d 393 - State v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably 720 So. 2d 724 - State v. Lambert (1998), 421 So. 2d 887 - State v. Washington (1982)
30 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 · Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann · 345 So. 2d 1179 - State v. Hegwood · 327 So. 2d 301 - State v. Nix · State v. Boettcher
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“he knows what he is doing and his choice is made with eyes open.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In upholding Faretta's right to represent himself, the high court noted that the record did affirmatively show "that Faretta was literate, competent, and understanding, and that he was voluntarily exercising his informed free will." ... Regardless of the basis for the judge's decision, the record reflects no attempt on his part to assess the defendant's literacy, competency, understanding, and volition. We can only conclude that the judge did not investigate these factors and that his decision to allow the defendant to represent himself was not supported by the record of the hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the trial judge did not adduce enough information from the defendant to determine whether he knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel.”
1 later decision 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.