People v. Castillo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 17 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Where, in a litigation matter, a retainer agreement calls for an attorney to be paid particular amounts at specified times, and there is a failure to pay when due, that attorney has a remedy; it is to ask to be relieved from the duty of further representation of the client.... '[In criminal matters] an attorney must continue with his services until he is released by the client or by the court; he may apply to the court for release from further service and for good cause shown may be released, but he may not abandon his representation at will, nor for considerations personal to himself.' ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram, P.C. v. Hazard

2. “`The selection of a proper penalty for a criminal offense is a legislative function involving an appraisal of the evils to be corrected, the weighing of practical alternatives, and consideration of relevant policy factors and responsiveness to the public will.' [Citation.] This broad legislative discretion is subject to constitutional limitation, but given the long-standing, even ancient, horror of kidnapping [citation] and the substantial risk to human life that it presents [citation], we [conclude] that the punishment [on its face] is not excessive.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Chacon

3. “an informed speculation of prejudice when a protesting defendant is forced to go to trial with unpaid counsel”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 82 Cal. App. 4th 339 - People v. Martinez