6 N.C. App. 596 - State v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * The defendant did not suggest to the court that counsel was not professionally competent nor did he express a desire to represent himself. An expression by a defendant of an unfounded dissatisfaction with his court appointed counsel does not entitle him to the services of another court appointed attorney. People v. Terry, 36 Cal. Rptr. 722 . It is well settled that an indigent defendant must accept counsel appointed by the court, unless he desires to present his own defense. State v. Alston, 272 N.C. 278 , 158 S.E. 2d 52 ; State v. Morgan, 272 N.C. 97 , 157 S.E. 2d 606 ; State v. Elliott, 269 N.C. 683 , 153 S.E. 2d 330; State v. McNeil, 263 N.C. 260 , 139 S.E. 2d 667 ; Campbell v. State of Maryland, 231 Md. 21 , 188 A. 2d 282 ; Brown v. United States, 105 U.S. App. D.C. 77 , 264 E. 2d 363. * * *””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 8 N.C. App. 281 - State v. Scott

2. ““In 157 A.L.R. 1225 et seq., there is an annotation entitled ‘Right of defendant in criminal case to discharge of, or substitution of other counsel for, attorney appointed by court to represent him.’ Therein it is said: ‘The right to such discharge or substitution is to this extent relative, and the authorities seem united in the view that if there is fair representation by competent assigned counsel, proceeding according to his best judgment and the usually accepted canons of criminal trial practice, no right of the defendant is violated by refusal to accede to his personal desire in the matter.’ ””

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