Meeks v. Craven’s Empirical Analysis
482 F.2d 465 · 1973
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 1 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably 15 Cal. 4th 1 - People v. Marshall (1997), United States v. J. Joseph Kennedy, United States of America v. Robert J. Myers, United States of America v. Lawrence F. Carlson (1977)
43 federal appellate · 1 district · 17 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1654 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann · Lubin v. Allison · United States v. Unicorn Enterprises, Inc. · Ruffalo v. Mahoning County Bar Ass'n
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“convicted criminals would be given a ready tool with which to upset adverse verdicts after trials at which they had been represented by counsel.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Id. at 468 (emphasis added). Here, Wheeler's equivocal comments made after the Faretta hearing do not entitle her to place the court in a position of committing error no matter which way the trial court rules. See id. The state notes that if the trial court appointed counsel based upon Wheeler's equivocal comments (which she rescinded upon further inquiry by the trial court), then she would surely argue that the trial court improperly infringed upon her right to self-representation. Such”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We do not reach this question, for we hold that Meeks did not make an 'unequivocal' demand to represent himself.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.