State v. Cash

How courts have described this case

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

• holding one factor a court may consider in determining whether to allow the accused to engage in self-representation is whether the accused is attempting to delay or manipulate the proceedings
• holding the ultimate test is not the circuit court's advice but the accused's understanding
• noting that the prosecutor and pre-trial hearing judge informed the defendant of his charge and that the defendant did not contend that he did not understand the nature of his charge
• noting that the defendant \appreciated the difficulty of his particular case\ and that the defendant's testimony demonstrated his belief \he could do a better job of preparing his defense than [a] public defender could\
• indicating that if there is no inquiry by the court as to the defendant's understanding of his rights, the court may \look to the record to determine if the accused had sufficient background to understand the disadvantages of self-representation\
• listing the factors used in determining if a defendant had sufficient background to understand the disadvantages of self- representation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. McLauren
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-04-29· cited 19×
• State v. Boykin
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-11-04· cited 16×
• Gardner v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-09-09· cited 15×
• State v. Campen
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-04-15· cited 2×
• Hines v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2021-12-01

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Brewer v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 2,626×
• Prince v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-05-29· cited 39×
• Wroten v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-04-30· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Flowers
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-08-03· cited 21×
• State v. Cash
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-04-08· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Nero
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-11-29· cited 11×
• Bridwell v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-12-06· cited 9×