State v. Thomas

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 defendant must produce more than a bare, unsubstantiated, self-serving statement that his lawyer, in violation of professional standards, forbade him to take the stand
• noting waiver of right to testify or right to self-representation may be found when defendant does not take the stand, or appears through counsel
• explaining a defendant’s personal waiver of the right to testify need not be made on the record
• noting waiver of right to testify or right to self-representation may be found when defendant does not take the stand or appears through counsel
• rejecting a claim that § 22 provides different protections from the Sixth Amendment
• \The right to testify in one's own behalf has been characterized as a personal right of `fundamental' dimensions.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Momon v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-03-30· cited 1,008×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-05-25· cited 374×
• State v. Woods
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-05-24· cited 256×
• Manneh Vay v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-01-31· cited 156×
• State v. Jackson (Slip Opinion)
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2014-09-02· cited 141×
• State v. Strode
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-10-08· cited 137×
• State v. Salmons
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-11-04· cited 96×
• State v. Humphries
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-10-23· cited 77×
• State v. Robinson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-08-19· cited 58×
• State v. Duckett
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-11-27· cited 57×
• State v. Frawley
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-09-13· cited 52×
• State v. O'Cain
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-07-02· cited 51×
• Daniel L. Sanders v. Leslie Ryder
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-09-04· cited 44×
• In re the Detention of Strand
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-10-08· cited 39×
• State v. Frawley
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-09-25· cited 39×
• State v. Williams
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-04-22· cited 37×
• State v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-08-22· cited 37×
• In Re Detention of Strand
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-10-08· cited 36×
• State v. Barnett
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-01-11· cited 29×
• State v. Slert
  Washington Supreme Court· 2016-10-27· cited 26×