McQueen v. Blackburn’s Empirical Analysis
755 F.2d 1174 · 1985
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 3 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably United States v. Berkowitz (1991), United States v. Moya-Gomez (1988)
40 federal appellate · 3 district · 11 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 · Brady v. United States · 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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Faretta’s progeny and related cases flesh-out the factors which are to be weighed [before accepting a waiver of counsel]. The court must consider the defendant’s age and education ... and other background, experience, and conduct. ... The court must ensure that the waiver is not the result of coercion or mistreatment of the defendant ... and must be satisfied that the accused understands the nature of the charges, the consequences of the proceedings, and the practical meaning of the right he is waiving.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although a defendant need not himself have the skill and experience of a lawyer in order competently and intelligently to choose self-representation, he should be made aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation, so that the record will establish that he knows what he is doing and his choice is made with eyes open.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A defendant is entitled to counsel capable of rendering competent, meaningful assistance. . . . No defendant has a right to more.”
1 later decision 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.