Strickland v. Washington
466 U.S. 668 (1984) Cited 158,554 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"
People v. Doolin
45 Cal.4th 390 (Cal. 2009) Cited 3,863 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
People v. Waidla
22 Cal.4th 690 (Cal. 2000) Cited 2,674 times
Rejecting a similar claim raised in a perfunctory fashion
People v. Cunningham
25 Cal.4th 926 (Cal. 2001) Cited 2,377 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that error in the exclusion of defense evidence "on a minor or subsidiary point" as opposed to "the complete exclusion of evidence intended to establish an accuseds defense" is subject to review under Watson standard
People v. Sanchez
12 Cal.4th 1 (Cal. 1995) Cited 437 times
Finding reasoning of People v. Williams, supra, 444 N.E.2d 136 inapplicable
In re Visciotti
14 Cal.4th 325 (Cal. 1996) Cited 113 times
Observing that this "court has not considered whether family sympathy is within any statutory factor or an aspect of the defendant's character or record which the jury must be allowed to consider" but finding no occasion to undertake such an examination