Dobbins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Generally, a trial court should conduct a pre-trial hearing to determine a defendant's competency to proceed without counsel and to establish a record of a defendant's waiver of his right to counsel.”

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

2. “half-hearted expressions of dissatisfaction with counsel fail to meet the requisite clear and unequivocal assertion for the right of self-representation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Yusuf Hotep-El v. State of Indiana

3. “[gliven the brevity of the prosecutor's statement, coupled with the trial court's admonishment and its preliminary and final instructions,”

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