601 So. 2d 120 - Tomlin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently September 2018
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
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Faretta v. California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Edwards v. Arizona · Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'(1) whether the colloquy between the court and the defendant consisted merely of pro forma answers to pro forma questions, United States v. Gillings , 568 F.2d 1307 , 1309 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 436 U.S. 919 , 98 S.Ct. 2267 , 56 L.Ed. 2d 760 (1978) ; (2) whether the defendant understood that he would be required to comply with the rules of procedure at trial, Faretta [v. California , 422 U.S.] at 835-36, 95 S.Ct. at 2541-42 ; Maynard v. Meachum , 545 F.2d 273 , 279 (1st Cir. 197[6] ) ; (3) whether the defendant had had previous involvement in criminal trials, United States v. Hafen , 726 F.2d 21 , 25 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 962 , 104 S.Ct. 2179 , 80 L.Ed. 2d 561 (1984) ; (4) whether the defendant had knowledge of possible defenses that he might raise, Maynard , supra ; (5) whether the defendant was represented by counsel before trial, Hafen , supra ; and (6) whether 'stand-by counsel' was appointed to assist the defendant with his pro se defense, see Faretta , supra, at 834 n. 46, 95 S.Ct. at 2540-41 n. 46 ; Hance v. Zant , 696 F.2d 940 , 950 n. 6 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 463 U.S. 1210 , 103 S.Ct. 3544 , 77 L.Ed. 2d 1393 (1983), overruled on other grounds, Brooks v. Kemp , 762 F.2d 1383 (11th Cir. 1985).' "[ Tomlin v. State ,] 601 So.2d 120 [, 123-24 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989) ].”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"If it please the court or Hair Lips [sic] Hell, I have the Right to represent myself in a court of Law, I claim that Right this day. I release [the attorney] as my attorney as he lacks the necessary Boldness to do the Job that I desire. I am capable of Defending myself and also capable of prosecuting DHR Their attorney on class A, B, C felonies, Falising [sic] court records and Interfaering [sic] with Court ordered custody of a child."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“engaging in other conduct that is contrary to my advice, though it is in a matter not pending before this court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.