People v. Aiken

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[A] defendant charged with a felony not punishable by death may, by his voluntary and willful absence from trial, waive his right to be present at every stage of his trial”
• “the right to counsel was not intended to afford a defendant, aided by the wisdom of hindsight, [an opportunity] to second guess matters of trial strategy employed by counsel”

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Cited by

149 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Baldi
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-10-29· cited 6,191×
• People v. Benevento
  New York Court of Appeals· 1998-06-11· cited 4,938×
• Portuondo v. Agard
  Supreme Court· 2000-03-06· cited 329×
• People v. Clarke
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-10-06· cited 142×
• People v. McKenzie
  California Supreme Court· 1983-09-08· cited 113×
• People v. Sullivan
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-01-08· cited 96×
• Garrett Brock Trapnell v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1983-12-19· cited 80×
• People v. Morris
  New York Court of Appeals· 1985-02-05· cited 68×
• People v. Morris
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-03-26· cited 67×
• People v. Jackson
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-02-24· cited 52×
• People v. DeFreitas
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-08-14· cited 46×
• People v. Smith
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-06-07· cited 39×
• David Barnes v. Everett W. Jones, Superintendent Great Meadow Correctional Facility and the State of New York
  Second Circuit· 1981-11-23· cited 38×
• People v. Diggins
  New York Court of Appeals· 2008-12-16· cited 36×
• People v. Hood
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-06-07· cited 31×
• Root v. Kapelman
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1979-04-03· cited 31×
• People v. Early
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-12-03· cited 28×
• People v. Jordan
  New York Court of Appeals· 1994-02-17· cited 27×
• De Vivo v. Burrell
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-04-05· cited 23×
• Matter of Bennett v. Abbey
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2016-07-14· cited 22×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Droz
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-05-06· cited 194×
• People v. Epps
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-07-10· cited 153×
• People v. Byrnes
  New York Court of Appeals· 1974-02-14· cited 117×
• People v. Bennett
  New York Court of Appeals· 1972-02-10· cited 93×
• People v. LaBree
  New York Court of Appeals· 1974-06-13· cited 53×
• People Ex Rel. Lupo v. Fay
  New York Court of Appeals· 1963-12-30· cited 48×
• People v. Tomaselli
  New York Court of Appeals· 1960-02-25· cited 41×
• Sielaff v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1975-10-06· cited 38×
• People v. Johnson
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-07-10· cited 34×
• People v. Winship
  New York Court of Appeals· 1955-11-23· cited 31×
• People v. Brown
  New York Court of Appeals· 1960-02-25· cited 26×
• Epps v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1975-12-01· cited 24×
• Maroney v. United States ex rel. Darcy
  Supreme Court· 1953-10-26· cited 23×
• Brown v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 14×
• Lupo v. Fay
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-23· cited 11×
• People v. Stevenson
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1975-04-25· cited 10×
• Fitzgerald v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-16· cited 7×
• Weatherman v. Peyton
  W.D. Virginia· 1968-08-09· cited 6×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-24· cited 6×
• Rickenbacker v. Warden, Auburn Correctional Facility
  Supreme Court· 1977-10-03· cited 2×

Other cases named People v. Aiken

24 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• People v. Aiken
  New York Court of Appeals· 2005-03-31· cited 19×
• People v. Aiken
  California Court of Appeal· 1951-12-26· cited 10×
• People v. Aiken
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-11-04· cited 9×
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1976-11-08· cited 6×
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-06-05· cited 5×
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-10-29· cited 4×
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-04-15· cited 2×
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-05-07· cited 1×
• People v. Aiken
  New York Court of Appeals· 2004-07-20
• People v. Aiken
  New York Court of Appeals· 2004-10-14
• People v. Aiken
  New York Court of Appeals· 1969-02-20
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-04-13
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1958-12-08
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1960-10-24
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1962-11-13
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1972-02-07
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-06-11
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-09-28
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-05-04
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-05-13
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-02-08
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1998-06-01
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2003-01-14
• People v. Aiken
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2025-12-17