39 Cited authorities

  1. Strickland v. Washington

    466 U.S. 668 (1984)   Cited 158,859 times   176 Legal Analyses
    Holding an "error by counsel" doesn't "warrant setting aside the judgment of a criminal proceeding" where in the context of the whole proceeding the identified error "had no effect on the judgment"
  2. Faretta v. California

    422 U.S. 806 (1975)   Cited 12,558 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant's right to self-representation was denied when he made his requests "weeks before trial" without any indication that the defendant was required to reassert his request during the trial
  3. Gregg v. Georgia

    428 U.S. 153 (1976)   Cited 6,625 times   31 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "accurate sentencing information is an indispensable prerequisite to a reasoned determination of whether a defendant shall live or die"
  4. Indiana v. Edwards

    554 U.S. 164 (2008)   Cited 1,139 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the court did not violate the Sixth Amendment by appointing counsel against defendant's objection where defendant was competent to stand trial but not competent to conduct trial proceedings by himself
  5. Lockett v. Ohio

    438 U.S. 586 (1978)   Cited 3,737 times   53 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Ohio death penalty statute, which required imposition of the death penalty once a defendant was found guilty of aggravated murder with at least one of seven specified aggravating factors, unless one of three specified mitigating factors was established by a preponderance of the evidence, violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments because the statute limited the range of mitigating factors that the sentencer could consider
  6. McKaskle v. Wiggins

    465 U.S. 168 (1984)   Cited 2,459 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that pro se defendant's right to self-representation was not violated by the presence of a court-appointed standby counsel
  7. Furman v. Georgia

    408 U.S. 238 (1972)   Cited 3,612 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding that death penalty cannot be imposed using sentencing procedures that create a risk of arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement
  8. Beck v. Alabama

    447 U.S. 625 (1980)   Cited 2,149 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that death penalty may not be imposed where jury was precluded from considering lesser included noncapital offense, when evidence existed to support such a verdict
  9. Martinez v. Court of Appeal of Cal., Fourth App. Dist

    528 U.S. 152 (2000)   Cited 952 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding there is no constitutional right to self-representation on direct appeal
  10. Sell v. United States

    539 U.S. 166 (2003)   Cited 823 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an "order authorizing the involuntary administration of antipsychotic drugs" to a criminal defendant "was an appealable 'collateral order'" under 28 U.S.C. § 1291
  11. Section 13

    Cal. Const. art. I § 13   Cited 1,167 times
    Prohibiting "unreasonable seizures and searches"
  12. Rule 8.630 - Briefs by parties and amicus curiae

    Cal. R. 8.630   Cited 16 times

    (a)Contents and form Except as provided in this rule, briefs in appeals from judgments of death must comply as nearly as possible with rules 8.200 and 8.204. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.) (b) Length (1) A brief produced on a computer must not exceed the following limits, including footnotes: (A) Appellant's opening brief: 102,000 words. (B) Respondent's brief: 102,000 words. If the Chief Justice permits the appellant to file an opening brief that exceeds the limit set in (1)(A) or