Jackson v. Ylst’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 882 · 1990
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 2 district · 42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 168 later decisions — most recently November 2025 · most notably 15 Cal. 4th 1 - People v. Marshall (1997), United States v. Schaff (1991)
59 federal appellate · 2 district · 42 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Faretta v. California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Teague v. Lane · Hewitt v. Helms · Ake v. Oklahoma
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 168 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is more analogous to that described in Ylst: The trial court may properly deny a request for self-representation that is a”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“impulsive response to the trial court's [rulings],”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Hey, I don't see why [the motion for substitute counsel] isn't granted. I'm doing the filing of the motion [for a new trial]. What good is [appointed trial counsel] doing for me now? I want to fight in pro per then. Relieve him and I do this myself.”
2 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.