Brooks v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he constitutional right to counsel is a shield, not a sword, and ... a defendant may not manipulate this right for the purpose of delaying the trial or playing 'cat-and-mouse' with the court.”
• “[T]he constitutional right to counsel is a shield, not a sword, and . . . a defendant may not manipulate this right for the purpose of delaying the trial or playing ‘cat-and-mouse’ with the court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Carruthers
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-12-11· cited 1,277×
• Beyer v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-01-29· cited 14×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2004-10-27· cited 7×
• Pendleton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1995-04-05
• Kirkendoll v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1997-05-28

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Barnes v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1975-10-06· cited 72×
• Tyler v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-05-29· cited 36×
• Philyaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-02-24· cited 33×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1989-03-13· cited 21×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1989-11-20· cited 19×
• Barton v. Perryman
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-03-05· cited 18×
• Furr v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-02-25· cited 6×