9 N.C. App. 387 - State v. Dickerson’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
July 1976
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Illinois v. Allen · Brown v. United States · In Re Burton · State v. McNeil · State v. Elliott
Most-quoted passages
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““We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient discretion to meet the circumstances of each case. No one formula for maintaining the appropriate courtroom atmosphere will be best in all situations. We think there are at least three constitutionally permissible ways for a trial judge to handle an obstreperous defendant like Allen: (1) bind and gag him, thereby keeping him present; (2) cite him for contempt; (3) take him out of the courtroom until he promises to conduct himself properly.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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