George Albert Curry v. Lawrence E. Wilson, Warden’s Empirical Analysis
405 F.2d 110 · 1969
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently October 1993 · most notably Blake v. Kemp (1985), Neuschafer v. Whitley (1988)
25 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Glasser v. United States · Johnson v. Zerbst · Townsend v. Sain · Jackson v. Denno
Most-quoted passages
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“it is nonetheless abundantly clear from the record of the trial that counsel wanted the jury to hear the statements, that he relied on them heavily as supporting the only real defense that he had, and that his reliance was successful. It would be a perversion of the judicial process to now give [the defendant] the best of two worlds upon the basis of such an alleged statement by his counsel. Cf. Nelson v. California, 346 F.2d [73,] 81 [(9th Cir. 1965)]; Kuhl v. United States, 370 F.2d [20,] 27 [(9th Cir. 1966)]. A contrary result would enable counsel for a defendant to try one strategy by deliberately using, for his client's benefit, evidence that could be claimed to be constitutionally tainted and then, if not satisfied with the result, to get a second trial by claiming that the constitutional taint requires a reversal in spite of his tactical decision. We do not think that the California courts favor such a result; we do not think that this court should favor it either.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“counsel [here with appellant's concurrence] deliberately, as a matter of trial strategy, which proved to be successful, waived those grounds.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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