State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 130 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 135 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the defendant reveals that he is aware of and understands the various risks and pitfalls, and that he has the rational capacity to make a decision on the basis of this information, and if he states clearly and unequivocally ... that he nevertheless chooses to hazard [the] dangers of waiving conflict-free representation, then his waiver may appropriately be accepted .... The waiver is not vitiated simply because the defendant, with the benefit of hindsight, might have chosen differently. A defendant need not be prescient in order to waive knowingly and intelligently the right to conflict-free representation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 172 Conn. App. 496 - State v. Navarro · 172 Conn. App. 472 - State v. Navarro

2. “Just as the right to assistance of counsel may be waived in favor of self-representation ... so may a defendant waive the right to conflict-free representation”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 172 Conn. App. 496 - State v. Navarro · 172 Conn. App. 472 - State v. Navarro

3. “As an adjunct to this right, a criminal defendant is entitled to be represented by an attorney free from conflicts of interest.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mercer v. Warden, State Prison, No. Cv 92 1376 S (Dec. 16, 1997) · 1998 Conn. Super. Ct. 5585 - Walton v. Warden, State Prison, No. Cv 91 1282 S (May 7, 1998)