601 So. 2d 124 - Tomlin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably 888 So. 2d 532 - Moody v. State (2003), 720 So. 2d 998 - Farid v. State (1998)
37 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 · Carnley v. Cochran · Moore v. State of Michigan · Hudson v. Palmer
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“he knows what he is doing and his choice is made with eyes open.”
22 later decisions quote this exact passage“'(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
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.