State v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Counsel claim that the defendant was deprived of his constitutional right of having counsel. Article 8 of the Constitution declares that ‘in all criminal cases the accused shall enjoy the right to have the assistance of counsel.’ Section 992 of the Revised Statutes declares ‘every person shall be allowed to make his full defense by counsel learned in the law, and the court before whom he is tried, or some judge thereof, shall immediately upon his request assign to him such counsel as he shall desire.’ The decisions of this court are to the effect that the court is not bound to assign counsel to an accused unless upon his own request, and if he fails to make the request or to apply for a continuance on the ground of absence of counsel of record, but is ready for trial, the mere fact that the trial proceeded without the aid of counsel to assist him does not constitute error or a ground on which to base a demand for a new trial.””

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