Johnson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] trial judge has no duty to fully advise a defendant concerning the right of representation (and the attendant dangers) unless the defendant makes a clear and unequivocal request for self-representation.”
• defendant did not renew request for self-representation after being told he could personally address court at sentencing and his original comment was deemed to be simply \thinking out loud\ about the possibility of proceeding pro se

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jose Alfredo Galindo v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2021-01-29· cited 9×
• Korakanh Phornsavanh v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2021-02-05· cited 5×
• Steven Michael Hinshaw v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2022-08-05· cited 5×
• Massey Jr. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2018-11-09· cited 3×
• Christopher R. Stacy v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2021-11-05· cited 3×
• Coleman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2017-10-13· cited 2×
• RUPEIKS v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2011-10-28· cited 1×
• Dwight Samuel O'Connor v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2019-05-24· cited 1×
• Trayvon Leon Artis Morrissette v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2023-02-10· cited 1×
• Daniel Morris v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2025-06-13
• Gregory Marino v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2025-08-22
• Con Lysle Compton v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2025-10-10

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brewer v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 2,626×
• Benjamin Adams v. Midge Carroll, Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-05-30· cited 205×
• William Howard Cross, Sr. v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-02-12· cited 164×
• Dorman v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-01-23· cited 135×
• Gary N. Fields v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-03-20· cited 103×
• People v. Tena
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-10-29· cited 41×
• State v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-07-29· cited 34×
• Martin v. City of Fairbanks
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 27×
• James v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1987-02-02· cited 19×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1988-01-22· cited 17×
• Gladden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2005-04-15· cited 15×
• Helmer v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-03-21· cited 9×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1991-11-22· cited 7×
• McIntire v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2002-02-15· cited 7×