Potts v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a decision regarding a sufficient Faretta inquiry “turns primarily on [the trial court’s] assessment of demeanor and credibility”
• the trial court's decision regarding self-representation \is entitled to great weight and will be affirmed on review if supported by competent substantial evidence\
• “As with other constitutional rights, the right of self-representation is best safeguarded not by an arcane maze of magic words and reversible error traps, but by reason and common sense.” (citation omitted; emphasis added)
• “In assessing the validity of a waiver of counsel, a reviewing court should focus not on the specific advice rendered by the trial court—for there are no ‘magic words’ under Faretta—but rather on the defendant’s general understanding of his or her rights[.]” (emphasis supplied)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Muehleman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-02-19· cited 32×
• Albert Holland, Jr. v. State of FLorida
  Eleventh Circuit· 2014-12-29· cited 15×
• Wilson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-01-26· cited 13×
• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-09-23· cited 13×
• McCarthy v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-04-14· cited 12×
• Langon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-07-28· cited 11×
• Wilson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-12-04· cited 11×
• Ingraham v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-28· cited 10×
• Segal v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-03-01· cited 10×
• Edenfield v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-08-10· cited 8×
• Morgan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-10-01· cited 6×
• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-05-22· cited 6×
• Neal v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-05-11· cited 6×
• Weaver v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-08-16· cited 3×
• Sylvester Hooks v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-12-05· cited 3×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-12-23· cited 1×
• Christopher J. Mars v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-08-03· cited 1×
• Sylvester Hooks v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2019-12-19
• SIR MICHAEL MAPS v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-03-31
• Barry A. Noetzel v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2021-11-10

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Illinois v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-06· cited 3,248×
• Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann
  Supreme Court· 1943-01-04· cited 2,192×
• Melbourne v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-09-05· cited 356×
• Peter R. Fitzpatrick v. Louie L. Wainwright
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-11-20· cited 137×
• Willacy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-24· cited 127×
• State v. Bowen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-24· cited 70×
• Griffin-El v. Bowersox
  Supreme Court· 1998-01-20· cited 65×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-11-27· cited 53×
• Amendment to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.111(d)(2)-(3)
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-07-16· cited 31×
• Rogers v. Singletary
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-11-27· cited 18×
• Dortch v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-02-16· cited 4×
• Potts v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-07-30· cited 4×