Ex Parte King’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] defendant may withdraw a waiver of the right to counsel at any time but will not be entitled to repeat any proceeding previously held or waived solely on the grounds of the subsequent appointment or retention of counsel.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Powers v. State · 888 So. 2d 532 - Moody v. State

2. “[w]hen a defendant waives the right to counsel, the court may appoint an attorney to advise the defendant during any stage of the proceedings.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baker v. State · 964 So. 2d 86 - Anderson v. State

3. “"` I'm not going to do that now, because we're at the point of the trial [when] we've gone to get the jurors. And I'm not going to let you get a continuance by doing that now. I've been through that before and I know how that works. You have elected to try your case yourself. That decision was made a long time ago. You did it knowingly. And now we're going to go to trial. '"”

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