United States v. Meeks’s Empirical Analysis
987 F.2d 575 · 1993
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024 · most notably United States v. Goldberg (1995), United States v. Andaverde (1995)
35 federal appellate · 7 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Michigan v. Jackson · United States v. Cassidy · United States v. Balough · United States v. Dahms
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 court must be wary against the right of counsel being used as a ploy to gain time or effect delay.' In limited circumstances, a court may force a defendant to proceed pro se if his conduct is 'dilatory and hinders the efficient administration of justice.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“may waive his right to counsel if he acts knowingly and intelligently; he must be aware of the nature of the charges against him, the possible penalties, and the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[t]he court did not make Meeks aware of the dangers of proceeding pro se, nor does the record indicate that he knew of them”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.