58 Cited authorities

  1. Smith v. Robbins

    528 U.S. 259 (2000)   Cited 8,539 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the proper standard for evaluating claim that appellate counsel was ineffective ... is that enunciated in Strickland"
  2. United States v. Cronic

    466 U.S. 648 (1984)   Cited 7,357 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Holding defendant is constructively denied counsel during critical stage of criminal proceedings where counsel, inter alia, "fails to subject the prosecution's case to meaningful adversarial testing"
  3. Barker v. Wingo

    407 U.S. 514 (1972)   Cited 11,582 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that defendant who fails to demand speedy trial does not forever waive that constitutional right
  4. U.S. v. Gonzalez-Lopez

    548 U.S. 140 (2006)   Cited 2,092 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice does not require showing prejudice
  5. Edwards v. Arizona

    451 U.S. 477 (1981)   Cited 6,423 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that continued questioning violates Fifth Amendment if suspect clearly asserts right to counsel
  6. Evitts v. Lucey

    469 U.S. 387 (1985)   Cited 4,484 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the right to effective assistance of counsel includes the right to effective assistance of appellate counsel
  7. Johnson v. Zerbst

    304 U.S. 458 (1938)   Cited 8,796 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a waiver of constitutional rights must be knowing and intelligent
  8. Griffin v. Illinois

    351 U.S. 12 (1956)   Cited 3,152 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that preventing an indigent defendant from appealing his conviction due to his failure to pay for a trial transcript is unconstitutional
  9. Halbert v. Michigan

    545 U.S. 605 (2005)   Cited 487 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses require the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants seeking first-tier review of guilty or nolo contendere pleas in the intermediate state court of appeals, whose function is to review and "correct errors made by the lower courts," even though such review is discretionary under state law
  10. Degen v. United States

    517 U.S. 820 (1996)   Cited 618 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the doctrine cannot be used to enter summary judgment in favor of the government in a civil forfeiture case
  11. Section 3006A - Adequate representation of defendants

    18 U.S.C. § 3006A   Cited 17,654 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Granting defendants an ex parte forum to request reimbursement for supplemental services