Dently v. Lane’s Empirical Analysis
665 F.2d 113 · 1981
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
May 1995
most recently cited
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Cuyler v. Sullivan · Holloway v. Arkansas · Pomponio v. United States · United States of America Ex Rel. Countee Williams v. John J. Twomey, Warden
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““does not violate the Sixth Amendment unless it gives rise to a conflict of interest. * * * * * * “In order to establish a violation of the Sixth Amendment, a defendant who raised no objection at trial must demonstrate that an actual conflict of interest adversely affected his lawyer’s performance.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Cuyler raises three further questions for a court to consider: (1) Was there a joint representation of co-defendants? (2) Was there an actual conflict of interest between co-defendants? (3) Did the alleged conflict of interest affect the adequacy of legal representation afforded the defendant?””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“I am firing my attorney as of now. I don't want him as my attorney on the grounds he refuses to cooperate with me.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dently v. Lane
How this case has been treated — in progress
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