1 Cal. 4th 689 - In Re Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently March 2015 · most notably 12 Cal. 4th 1 - People v. Sanchez (1995), Franklin v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1995)
4 federal appellate · 40 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Cronic · Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · 1 Cal. 3d 214 - Morrison v. State Board of Education · Yakov v. Board of Medical Examiners
Most-quoted passages
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“Moreover, a conclusion that an attorney who has committed an offense of moral turpitude is unfit to practice law is not necessarily a judgment on the attorney’s professional competence. We do not presume that a suspended attorney lacks professional competence. “Merely because an attorney has been disciplined for some infraction of the rules by which he must abide is no reason for assuming that he is not a qualified and efficient lawyer. Erring morally or by breach of professional ethics does not necessarily indicate a lack of knowledge of the law.” [Citations omitted]. Professional competence is only one element in determining whether an individual is “fit” to practice law. Professional competence and good moral character are required for admission to practice. [Citation omitted]. Commission of acts manifesting moral turpitude may establish unfitness even if an attorney’s professional competence is not disputed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Representation by a person who has never been admitted to the practice of law or has fraudulently procured admission denies a defendant his rights under article I, section 15, as a matter of law. So too does representation by a person who, although formerly licensed, has resigned from the State Bar. The court will not examine the quality of the representation in such cases since an essential element of the constitutional right to counsel is counsel's status as a member of the State Bar.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Professional competence is only one element in determining whether an individual is `fit' to practice law. Professional competence demonstrated by education and examination and good moral character are required for admission to practice. [Citation.] Commission of acts manifesting moral turpitude may establish unfitness even if the attorney's professional competence is not disputed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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