State v. Sparkman’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 1999
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Kitchin
Most-quoted passages
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“There is no evidence whatsoever that the lawyer gained knowledge in confidence while serving the public as an assistant district attorney and now uses that knowledge to serve defendant as [his] lawyer. Nor is there any evidence that the lawyer's being hired as defendant's [ ]counsel is a reward for his having exercised his public authority in favor of defendant. But because of the possibility of either such betrayal of professional trust, the appearance of professional impropriety is present even if none exists.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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