Davis v. Grant’s Empirical Analysis
532 F.3d 132 · 2008
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently November 2025
5 federal appellate · 7 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Williams v. Taylor · Faretta v. California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Pointer v. Texas
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] trial court may deny the right to act pro se where the defendant deliberately engages in serious and obstructionist misconduct, or is not able and willing to abide by rules of procedure and courtroom protocol.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[A] judge may use willingness and ability to abide by courtroom protocol as prerequisites for accepting a defendant's waiver of his right to counsel.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Given that the state and federal courts across the country are fractured on this complex issue, we echo the sentiments of the Second Circuit: 'Frankly, more guidance from the Supreme Court would be helpful.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Lacey
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.