State v. Laurence

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the defendant had a dispute with three court-appointed attorneys
• “The defendant’s actions, rather than his words, demonstrate that he waived his right to counsel.”
• “Whether defense counsel is retained or appointed, this right [to the assistance of counsel] ensures that the trial is fair.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. John J. Eddy
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2013-06-26· cited 39×
• State v. Pineda
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-03-02· cited 37×
• State v. Andujar
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2006-05-24· cited 33×
• State v. Laurence
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-04-27· cited 26×
• State v. Gordon
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-09-01· cited 17×
• Firlando Rivera v. State of Rhode Island
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2013-01-14· cited 14×
• State v. Sampson
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-07-08· cited 8×
• State v. Brumfield
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2006-06-22· cited 7×
• State v. Ana M. Cruz
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2015-02-11· cited 5×
• State v. Tonya Withers
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2017-11-21· cited 5×
• State v. Mario Souto
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2019-06-13· cited 5×
• Norman Laurence v. Rhode Island Department of Corrections
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2013-06-20· cited 2×
• State v. Edward Delossantos
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2023-03-13
• State v. Victor Tavares
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2024-04-22

Cites

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

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Ornelas v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 7,197×
• Kimmelman v. Morrison
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 3,502×
• Illinois v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-06· cited 3,248×
• United States v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-24· cited 2,012×
• Sorrells v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1932-12-19· cited 1,793×
• Sherman v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1958-05-19· cited 1,587×
• United States v. William Christopher Twigg, Iii, United States of America v. Henry Alfred Neville
  Third Circuit· 1978-11-17· cited 350×
• United States v. Brent Eugene Smith, United States of America v. Roberto Osegueya Martinez, United States of America v. Richard Leroy Popp, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-01-24· cited 237×
• United States v. Rafael Santana and Francis Fuentes
  First Circuit· 1993-09-16· cited 189×
• United States v. Thomas C. Tobias
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-11-30· cited 145×
• United States v. John E. Irwin
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-03-26· cited 119×
• United States v. Frank Citro
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-03-28· cited 85×
• Enoch F. McQueen Jr. v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-03-28· cited 82×
• United States v. Brenda Tucker and Barbara McDonald
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-08-26· cited 74×
• United States v. Stephen L. Peister
  Tenth Circuit· 1980-08-04· cited 60×
• Falk v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1899-12-05· cited 53×
• United States v. Marshank
  N.D. California· 1991-11-05· cited 47×
• United States v. Batres-Santolino
  N.D. California· 1981-08-21· cited 43×
• State v. Thornton
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-06-27· cited 41×