Coleman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “that the trial court is not required to appoint standby counsel,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mathis v. State · Swanegan v. State

2. “First, the trial court must determine whether the accused has made a sufficient demand to represent himself.... Next, the court is to determine whether the defendant has the capacity to decide intelligently and to understand what he is doing, i.e., whether he can make a valid waiver of his right to counsel.... Next, the trial court should determine that the defendant is making a waiver of his right in a voluntary, knowing, and intelligent manner.”

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

3. “'-was not going to matter or help Mathis' case at trial. . Mathis also cites Coleman's finding that '[clompetency to stand trial and competency to proceed pro se are not synonymous,”

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