Potter v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a defendant’s dilatory actions in retaining counsel can justify a forfeiture of the right to counsel.
• “A defendant is considered indigent when he is unable to retain legal counsel without impairing his financial ability to provide economic necessities of life for himself and his family.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Carruthers
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-12-11· cited 1,277×
• State v. Vincent
  Utah Supreme Court· 1994-10-21· cited 48×
• Watson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-08-31· cited 10×
• Krewson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-12-27· cited 6×
• State v. Vincent
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1992-12-18· cited 5×
• Hines v. Sammons
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-02-26

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• Fuller v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-20· cited 365×
• Willie James Brown v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-01-11· cited 267×
• United States v. Welty, John Jacob
  Third Circuit· 1982-03-02· cited 263×
• United States of America Ex Rel. Harry E. Carey v. A. T. Rundle, Supt.
  Third Circuit· 1969-04-18· cited 177×
• Kitchens v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1971-04-05· cited 127×
• United States v. Roman G. Weninger
  Tenth Circuit· 1980-07-22· cited 87×
• Ted Lane Sampley v. Attorney General of North Carolina
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-03-10· cited 77×
• United States v. David Brydie Mitchell, Jose Carlos Prado, Reinaldo Rabeiro, Robert Webster Cary, Iii, and John Doyle
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-01-02· cited 74×
• Deputy v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-07-31· cited 73×
• United States v. Kevin Rankin
  Third Circuit· 1986-01-06· cited 54×
• Edwards v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-31· cited 46×
• United States v. Joseph Allen
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-04-10· cited 38×
• United States v. Aaron M. Binder and Frederick G. Celani
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-06-30· cited 37×
• State v. Richter
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1987-07-02· cited 32×
• Wood v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-10-16· cited 28×
• Randall Book Corp. v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-03-23· cited 23×
• State v. Richter
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1985-12-13· cited 17×
• Holmes v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1980-09-25· cited 13×
• State v. Peterson
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1969-02-07· cited 10×