United States v. McDowell’s Empirical Analysis
814 F.2d 245 · 1987
Citation profile
83 federal appellate · 41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 166 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2023 · most notably Godinez v. Moran (1993), McDowell v. United States (1988)
83 federal appellate · 41 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3142 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 3146 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Faretta v. California · Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann · Carnley v. Cochran · Von Moltke v. Gillies
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 166 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Now, in light of the penalty that you might suffer if you are found guilty and in light of all the difficulties of representing yourself, is it still your desire to represent yourself and to give up your right to be represented by a lawyer?”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the future, whenever a federal district judge in this circuit is faced with an accused who wishes to represent himself in criminal proceedings,-the model inquiry or one covering the same substantive points along with an express finding that the accused has made a knowing and voluntary waiver of • counsel, shall be made on the record prior to allowing the accused to represent himself.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“forego [sic] those relinquished benefits. Although a defendant need not himself have the skill and experience of a lawyer in order competently and intelligently to choose self-representation, he should be made aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation, so that the record will establish that”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.