Else v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “We do not believe that a lay person appearing without counsel can be expected to interpret the term “dangerous weapon” as implying the requirement that a gun be loaded. A person untrained in law may well consider a gun, whether loaded or unloaded, a dangerous weapon because of its potential for causing injury or death. In the instant case, we hold that Else did not receive “real notice of the true nature of the charge against him, the first and most universally recognized requirement of due process.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Larson v. State

2. “In order to prevent a perversion of the judicial process, the trial judge should first ascertain whether a prisoner is capable of presenting his allegations in a rational and coherent manner before allowing him to proceed pro se.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. State

3. “Else's responses to the trial court's questions were rational and showed no confusion. There was nothing in the record which suggested that Else was incapable of presenting his allegations rationally and coherently.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. State