113 Ohio App. 3d 337 - State v. Edsall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “only upon a showing of good cause, such as a conflict of interest, a complete breakdown in communication, or an irreconcilable conflict which leads to an apparently unjust result.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Horn, Unpublished Decision (9-30-2005) · State v. Stewart

2. “[t]he Constitution guarantees indigent defendants competent appointed counsel at trial and on direct appeal, it does not guarantee counsel of choice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Yeager, Unpublished Decision (5-12-2004) · State v. Baucom, Unpublished Decision (12-22-2003)

3. “There exist points at which the process of administering justice must be balanced with the defendant's right to counsel. The right to have counsel assigned by the court does not impose on the court a duty to allow the accused to choose his own counsel, for the selection of counsel is within the sound discretion of the court. Thurston v. Maxwell (1965), 3 Ohio St.2d 92 , 209 N.E.2d 204 . *** [W]hile `the Constitution guarantees indigent defendants competent appointed counsel at trial and on direct appeal, it does not guarantee counsel of choice.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Badran, 90725 (12-18-2008)