In Re Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 437 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 457 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2019 · most notably 67 Cal. 2d 365 - People v. Lara (1967), 1 Cal. 3d 694 - People v. Floyd (1970)
8 federal appellate · 437 state decisions — followed in 14 states
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 Johnson v. Zerbst · Gideon v. Wainwright · Carnley v. Cochran · Moore v. State of Michigan · Rice v. Olson
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 457 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[T]he court cannot accept a waiver of counsel from anyone accused of a serious public offense without first determining that he”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Jones · People v. Armstrong“A waiver is ordinarily an intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege. The determination of whether there has been an intelligent waiver of right to Counsel must depend, in each case, upon the particular facts and circumstances surrounding that case, including the background, experience, and conduct of the accused.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““The Court: I hand you a copy of the indictment, Mr. Fresquez. You are entitled to the benefit of legal counsel at all stages of the proceedings. Do you want an attorney ? “The Defendant : I can't afford one—no, I can’t afford one at all, no. “The Court: If you want one I would have to appoint one for you. “TheDefendant: No, I don’t. “The Court: You don’t want one? ‘ ‘ The Defendant : No. “The Court: All right. Are you prepared to enter a plea to the charges at this time? ‘ ‘ The Defendant -. Yes. ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Fresquez
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.