State v. Pitts.

How courts have described this case

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

• vacating and remanding without engaging in harmless error analysis for deprivation of the constitutional right to counsel during “critical stage[s]” of post-verdict motion proceeding and sentencing
• raising the issue of the right to counsel for post-verdict motions sua sponte on certiorari “because the right to counsel is an essential component of a fair trial” (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted)
• denial of right to counsel affects defendants’ ability to defend their “interests on a level playing field”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Uchima.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2020-05-19· cited 32×
• State v. Phua.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2015-06-30· cited 22×
• State v. Pitts.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2019-12-17· cited 13×
• State v. Loher.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2017-07-20· cited 12×
• Akau v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2019-03-05· cited 3×
• Suitt v. State.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2022-11-22· cited 1×
• State v. Deming
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2015-12-30
• State v. Salavea.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2020-06-19
• MacDonald v. State
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2025-10-17

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• United States v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 8,442×
• McKaskle v. Wiggins
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,288×
• Townsend v. Burke
  Supreme Court· 1948-06-14· cited 1,667×
• United States v. Ash
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-21· cited 868×
• Marshall v. Rodgers
  Supreme Court· 2013-04-01· cited 676×
• James W. Menefield v. Robert G. Borg, Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-08-02· cited 123×
• State v. Hutch
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1993-10-19· cited 68×
• State v. Valera
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1993-03-24· cited 60×
• People v. Lindsey
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-01-16· cited 37×
• Reponte v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1976-11-10· cited 34×
• State v. Dickson
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-11-16· cited 28×
• State v. Viglielmo
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2004-08-11· cited 24×
• State v. Masaniai
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1981-05-21· cited 23×
• D'AMBROSIO v. State
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2006-09-29· cited 18×
• Rodgers v. Marshall
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-05-17· cited 8×