Commonwealth v. Godwin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In a case where, as here, there has been a determination that the defendant is not entitled to court-appointed counsel, and where the defendant then does not secure counsel at his own expense, the effect is tantamount to waiver of the right to be represented by counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Schupper

2. “[A] defendant may properly be required to do more than supply inaccurate and misleading information for a form he knows will be used to determine his right to court-appointed counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Schupper

3. “failure to claim expenses for such basic necessities as food or transportation indicate{d] the cavalier and disingenuous manner in which he supplied information”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Schupper