Williams v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “[t]he right to reject [the assistance of counsel] and defend one’s self was enunciated in Faretta ”
• “Allowing a defendant to specify the reasons for his request is an integral part of the Rule and cannot be dismissed as insignificant.”
• “Allowing a defendant to specify the reasons for his request is an integral part of the Rule and cannot be dismissed as insignificant.”
• reversing a defendant’s convictions because, after he indicated a desire to discharge his counsel, the circuit court failed to inquire why he wanted to do so
• “Where the trial judge finds a defendant’s reasons to be meritorious, he must grant the request and, if necessary, give the defendant an opportunity to retain new counsel”
• where a defendant stated to the court “I want another representative,” the trial court acted erroneously in failing to comply with Md. Rule 4-215(e) and not permitting the defendant to explain why he wanted another appointed attorney

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Grandison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-12-27· cited 97×
• State v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-05-17· cited 56×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-08-24· cited 45×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-06-22· cited 23×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-06-29· cited 22×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-03-07· cited 21×
• Gonzales v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-05-07· cited 20×
• Richardson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-05-14· cited 20×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-11-22· cited 19×
• State v. Hardy
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-08-27· cited 18×
• Biglari v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-04-30· cited 17×
• McCracken v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-03-31· cited 16×
• State v. Taylor
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-05-21· cited 15×
• State v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-06-30· cited 14×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-07-01· cited 14×
• Henry v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-02-04· cited 11×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2000-03-08· cited 9×
• Dykes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-08-27· cited 9×
• Bey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-06-29· cited 8×
• Webb v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2002-06-10· cited 7×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• People v. Crandell
  California Supreme Court· 1988-09-15· cited 313×
• Parren v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-04-06· cited 135×
• Maus v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-11-04· cited 93×
• Snead v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-10-01· cited 65×
• State v. Bryan
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-12-19· cited 58×
• Fowlkes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-02-10· cited 58×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-09-19· cited 42×
• Manning v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-02-02· cited 33×
• State v. Stinson
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-01-08· cited 29×
• Taylor v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-02-13· cited 28×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1962-11-06· cited 16×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-04-05· cited 15×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1959-06-05· cited 12×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1989-01-10· cited 2×