State v. Vanover’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently July 2018
12 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 Faretta v. California · Wheat v. United States · United States v. Locascio · Wilson v. Mintzes · United States v. Washington
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]here are times when an accused’s right to counsel of choice must yield to a greater interest in maintaining high standards of professional responsibility in the courtroom. The trial court may therefore disqualify counsel if necessary to preserve the integrity, fairness, and professionalism of trial court proceedings.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The Sixth Amendment to the Federal Constitution provides that “[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right ... to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.” U.S. Const. amend. VI. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution makes this provision binding on the states. Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 807 , 95 S.Ct. 2525, 2527 , 45 L.Ed.2d 562, 566 (1975). The purpose of this Sixth Amendment provision is to ensure that criminal defendants receive a fair trial. Wheat v. United States, 486 U.S. 153, 159 , 108 S.Ct. 1692, 1696-97 , 100 L.Ed.2d 140, 148 (1988). In reviewing Sixth Amendment claims, the focus is therefore “on the adversarial process, not on the accused’s relationship with his lawyer as such.” Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Thompson“Such a potential status is a reason for disqualification under DR 5-102(A) for several reasons. [United States v. Locascio, 6 F.3d 924, 933 (2nd Cir.1993) ]. First, counsel may be “constrained from making certain arguments on behalf of his client because of his own involvement, or may be tempted to minimize his own conduct at the expense of his client.” Id. Second, counsel’s role “as advocate may give his client an unfair advantage, because the attorney can subtly impart to the jury his first-hand knowledge of the events without having to swear on oath or be subject to cross-examination.” Id.”
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.