35 Cal. 3d 86 - People v. Mroczko’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
158 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 158 later decisions — most recently April 2014 · most notably 8 Cal. 4th 548 - Soule v. General Motors Corp. (1994), People v. Doolin (2009)
158 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 Chapman v. State of California · Glasser v. United States · Johnson v. Zerbst · Brady v. United States · Fay v. Noia
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 158 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`(1) the defendant has discussed the potential drawbacks of [potentially conflicted] representation with his attorney, or if he wishes, outside counsel, (2) that he has been made aware of the dangers and possible consequences of [such] representation in his case, (3) that he knows of his right to conflict-free representation, and (4) that he voluntarily wishes to waive that right.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“even a potential conflict may require reversal if the record supports `an informed speculation' that appellant's right to effective representation was prejudicially affected. Proof of an `actual conflict' is not required.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“the mere possibility of a conflict does not warrant pretrial removal of competent counsel in a criminal case over defendant's informed objection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.