546 So. 2d 61 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 1998
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Faretta v. California · Myers v. United States · Wright v. Illinois · 494 So. 2d 969 - Muhammad v. State · Hart v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he trial judge must make a determination that the defendant is literate, competent and understanding, and that he is voluntarily exercising his informed free will.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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