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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 297 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Indiana v. Edwards.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana v. Edwards Anchor | green | “the constitution permits states to insist upon representation by counsel for those competent enough to stand trial under dusky but who still suffer from severe mental illness to the point where they are not competent to conduct trial proceedings by themselves.” | 122 |
| 2 | Indiana v. Edwards | green | “will often prove best able to make more fine-tuned mental capacity decisions, tailored to the individualized circumstances of a particular defendant.” | 63 |
| 3 | Godinez v. Moran | green | “whether the defendant actually does understand the significance and consequences of a particular decision and whether the decision is uncoerced.” | 59 |
| 4 | Indiana v. Edwards | green | “the constitution permits judges to take realistic account of the particular defendant's mental capacities by asking whether a defendant who seeks to conduct his own defense at trial is mentally competent to do so.” | 40 |
| 5 | Collier v. State | green | “that the trial court tried repeatedly to impress upon appellant the extreme gravity of his request to proceed pro se and the likelihood that it was a serious mistake” | 7 |
| 6 | Burgess v. State | green | “should the trial court deny new counsel, and the accused unequivocally assert his right to self-representation under faretta , persisting in that assertion after proper admonishment, the court must allow the accused to represent himself.” | 6 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.