381 So. 2d 468 - State v. Harper’s Empirical Analysis

1980

Citation profile

cited by 78 later decisions

states following

May 2018

most recently cited

78 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably 936 So. 2d 108 - State v. Leger (2006), State v. Brown (2005)

78 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 Johnson v. Zerbst · Faretta v. California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Argersinger v. Hamlin · Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann

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

“As a general proposition a person accused in a criminal trial has the right to counsel of his choice. State v. Leggett, 363 So.2d 434 (La.1978); State v. Mackie, 352 So.2d 1297 (La.1977); State v. Anthony, 347 So.2d 483 (La.1977). If a defendant is indigent he has the right to court appointed counsel. Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 , 83 S.Ct. 792 , 9 L.Ed.2d 799 (1963); Argersinger v. Hamlin, [ 407 U.S. 25 , 92 S.Ct. 2006 , 32 L.Ed.2d 530 (1972)]; State v. Adams, 369 So.2d 1327 (La.1979); City of Baton Rouge v. Dees, 363 So.2d 530 (La.1978). An indigent defendant does not have the right to have a particular attorney appointed to represent him. State v. Rideau, 278 So.2d 100 (La.1973). An indigent's right to choose his counsel only extends so far as to allow the accused to retain the attorney of his choice, if he can manage to do so, but that right is not absolute and cannot be manipulated so as to obstruct orderly procedure in courts and cannot be used to thwart the administration of justice. State v. Jones, 376 So.2d 125 (La.1979); State v. Leggett, supra ; State v. Mackie, supra .”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. State v. Brown · 793 So. 2d 415 - State v. Griffin
“At each stage of the proceedings, every person is entitled to assistance of counsel of his choice, or appointed by the court if he is indigent and charged with an offense punishable by imprisonment.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. State v. Brown · State v. Marshall
““Although a defendant need not himself have the skill and experience of a lawyer in order competently and intelligently to choose self-representation, he should be made aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation, so that the record will establish that ‘he knows what he is doing and his choice is made with eyes open.’ ””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. State v. Goodwin · State v. Gross

How this case has been treated — in progress

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