Morris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Trial judges, when confronted with defendants like this one, are "between a rock and a hard place." Payne v. State, 642 So.2d 111, 113 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994) (Kahn, J., concurring). Under Faretta a trial judge has to be sensitive both to the right to counsel as well as the right to self-representation; however, judges have little leeway in either direction, since there are two constitutional rights at stake here. If a defendant has met the requirements of Faretta for self-representation, but the court denies self-representation because of the court's concern that the defendant's ignorance of the law will result in the defendant not receiving a fair trial, it may well violate Faretta.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 850 So. 2d 680 - McKinney v. State

2. “Faretta requires that a defendant `be made aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation, so that the record will establish that he knows what he is doing and that his choice is made with eyes open.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 687 So. 2d 934 - Baggett v. State