726 F. Supp. 912 - Wiesner v. Abrams’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently August 2023
1 district · 3 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 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Johnson v. Zerbst · Faretta v. California · Weatherford v. Bursey · Yamanis v. United States
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“of pro se request through a series of questions; request improperly denied because, inter alia, court made no inquiry and finding of actual purpose to delay). Another court in the same circuit feels that judges should err on the side of granting pro se requests along with stand-by counsel, rather than succumbing to the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““In that case, your Honor, I don’t feel I can go ahead with Mr. Gilroy and I will have to go ahead pro se if you insist.... At this point I will have to say I prefer to proceed pro se. I think it would be improper to do so. I don’t feel competent.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“even in cases where the accused is harming himself by insisting on conducting his own defense, respect for individual autonomy requires that he be allowed to go to jail under his own banner if he so desires if he makes the choice 'with eyes open'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. van Aelstyn
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.