Spates v. Manson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “where state-financed legal assistance is available” a prisoner does not have “a right to state-financed library resources”
• Sixth Amendment right to represent oneself “does not carry with it a right to state financed library resources where state-financed legal assistance is available.”
• the Sixth Amendment “right [to self-representation in a criminal proceeding] does not carry with it a right to state-financed library resources where state-financed legal assistance is available”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Johnny B. Milton v. P.J. Morris, Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-08-12· cited 83×
• State v. Fernandez
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-10-03· cited 37×
• Walker v. City of N.Y.
  S.D. Illinois· 2019-02-12· cited 26×
• State v. Shashaty
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-12-28· cited 21×
• United States v. John Paul Wilson
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-02-01· cited 17×
• United States v. Jackson
  S.D. Texas· 1986-05-21· cited 3×
• Blankenship v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-06-29· cited 3×
• Phillips v. United States
  N.D. New York· 1993-11-15· cited 2×
• Oliphant v. Warden, State Prison
  Connecticut Superior Court· 2011-02-15· cited 2×
• State v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1990-11-15· cited 2×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 1981-03-03
• Cabrera v. Herbert
  W.D. New York· 2004-01-14