111 Cited authorities

  1. Harrington v. Richter

    562 U.S. 86 (2011)   Cited 26,352 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that AEDPA deference applies even when state court issues summary ruling
  2. Strickland v. Washington

    466 U.S. 668 (1984)   Cited 158,894 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"
  3. Chapman v. California

    386 U.S. 18 (1967)   Cited 23,494 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
  4. Faretta v. California

    422 U.S. 806 (1975)   Cited 12,560 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
  5. Stansbury v. California

    511 U.S. 318 (1994)   Cited 2,939 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a clear statement by a police officer that the person being questioned is a suspect does not alone determine custody, but is only "one among many factors" that bear on an assessment of whether a reasonable person would feel free to depart
  6. Godinez v. Moran

    509 U.S. 389 (1993)   Cited 2,287 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the trial competency standard applies to guilty pleas
  7. Wainwright v. Witt

    469 U.S. 412 (1985)   Cited 3,274 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that juror bias determination is a question of fact, even though "[t]he trial judge is of course applying some kind of legal standard to what he sees and hears"
  8. Rock v. Arkansas

    483 U.S. 44 (1987)   Cited 2,831 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a rule that categorically barred all hypnotically refreshed testimony "is an arbitrary restriction ... in the absence of clear evidence by the State repudiating the validity of all posthypnosis recollections"
  9. 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
  10. People v. Doolin

    45 Cal.4th 390 (Cal. 2009)   Cited 3,874 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding defendant's request to represent himself was untimely where he sought self-representation at sentencing hearing only after his Marsden motion was denied