United States v. Joelson’s Empirical Analysis
7 F.3d 174 · 1993
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 4 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2025 · most notably The United States of America v. James Glenn Chastain Larry Gene Hopkins (1999), Brown v. Artuz (1997)
36 federal appellate · 4 district · 14 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Boykin v. Alabama · Faretta v. California · Lockhart v. Fretwell · Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by insisting on testifying, speaking to the court, or discharging his lawyer.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court has no duty to advise the defendant of his right to testify, nor is the court required to insure that an on-the-record waiver has occurred. The defendant's conduct provides a sufficient basis from which to infer the right to testify has been waived.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]lthough the ultimate decision whether to testify rests with the defendant, he is presumed to assent to his attorney's tactical decision not to have him testify.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.