Bell v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• acknowledging that invalid waivers of counsel are not subject to a harmless error analysis
• reversing probation revocation where court never advised defendant of right to counsel, and record was silent as to whether court determined defendant's waiver was voluntary
• reversing probation revocation where the trial court never advised defendant of right to counsel and the record was silent as to whether court determined defendant’s waiver was voluntary
• trial court failed to advise probationer of his right to counsel and did not attempt to determine whether probationer wanted to waive that right
• Where a probationer proceeds without counsel, the record must show that (s)he was made aware of the nature, extent, and importance of the right to counsel as well as the necessary consequences of waiving such a right.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cooper v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-01-29· cited 26×
• Bumbalough v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-09-25· cited 17×
• Silvers v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-03-31· cited 4×
• Daniel R. Ross v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-12-31
• Gary Mitchell v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-04-18
• Dale M. Thomas v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2020-05-01

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Penson v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1988-11-29· cited 13,912×
• Carter v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1987-08-25· cited 68×
• Martin v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-03-24· cited 29×
• Kirkham v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1987-07-07· cited 21×
• State v. Cass
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1994-06-16· cited 18×
• Gleason v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1994-05-09· cited 16×
• Fields v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1997-01-17· cited 15×
• Hagy v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1994-09-13· cited 11×
• McFarland v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-12-22· cited 2×