State v. Coleman’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2023 · most notably State v. Coleman (2004), 103 Conn. App. 662 - Lorthe v. Commissioner of Correction (2007)
49 state decisions
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
Relies on Faretta v. California · State v. Golding · McKaskle v. Wiggins · State v. Williams · Suwannee Swifty Stores, Inc. v. Georgia Lottery Corp.
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] defendant has knowingly and intelligently waived the right to counsel if the trial judge finds that he: (1) [h]as been clearly advised of the right to the assistance of counsel, including the right to the assignment of counsel when so entitled; (2) [p]ossesses the intelligence and capacity to appreciate the consequences of the decision to represent oneself; (3) [c]omprehends the nature of the charges and proceedings, the range of permissible punishments, and any additional facts essential to a broad understanding of the case; and (4) [h]as been made aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]ntent may be, and usually is, inferred from the defendant's verbal or physical conduct.... Intent may also be inferred from the surrounding circumstances.... The use of inferences based on circumstantial evidence is necessary because direct evidence of the accused's state of mind is rarely available.... Furthermore, it is a permissible, albeit not a necessary or mandatory, inference that a defendant intended the natural consequences of his voluntary conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“liability under § 53a-151 hinges on the mental state of the perpetrator in engaging in the conduct at issue-his intent to induce a witness to testify falsely [or withhold testimony, elude legal process or absent himself or herself from the proceeding]-not on whether he must overcome by coercive means the will of a witness reluctant to do so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.