State v. Lehman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by determining that appellant had forfeited his right to an attorney by attacking his public defender in open court. No court can carry on its business in an atmosphere of violence, fear, and intimidation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Krause

2. “various federal and state courts have ... determined that the right to counsel can be summarily forfeited for extremely serious misconduct similar to that which occurred here”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 6 Cal. 5th 541 - People v. Johnson