People v. Shinkle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The fact that the attorney who had initially represented defendant and participated actively in the preparation of his defense was chief assistant in the office of the prosecutor in the months preceding and during defendant’s trial inescapably gave both defendant and the public the unmistakable appearance of impropriety and created the continuing opportunity for abuse of confidences entrusted to the attorney ***. It is no answer that defendant offers no evidentiary proof of actual prejudice. In the circumstances such proof would most likely be out of defendant’s reach.” Shinkle, 51 N.Y.2d at 420-21 , 415 N.E.2d at 910 , 434 N.Y.S.2d at 920 .”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Stevens · Young v. State

2. “"This circumstance . .. affords no basis to deny defendants the right to both the fact and appearance of unswerving and exclusive loyalty on the part of attorneys who represent them.” Id. at 911.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Young v. State