People v. Bergerud

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a court must liberally construe a pro se party’s pleadings
• we construe pro se 3 filings liberally, giving effect to their substance rather than form
• “The months invested in preparing for the trial, and the burdens already placed on the lives of witnesses, should not be lightly tossed aside once the trial has begun.”
• “The decision not to call a particular witness is typically a question of trial strategy that reviewing courts are ill-suited to second-guess.” (quoting Greiner v. Wells, 417 F. 3d 305, 323 (2d Cir. 2005))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• in Int. of B.H
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2021-06-04· cited 1,738×
• v. Williams
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2019-08-01· cited 1,266×
• SANCHEZ-MARTINEZ v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2011-05-09· cited 1,043×
• v. Johnston
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2018-03-22· cited 882×
• v. Session
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2020-11-12· cited 850×
• McCoy v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 2018-05-14· cited 738×
• People v. Johnson
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-02-11· cited 524×
• v. Jennings
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2021-08-23· cited 523×
• Jones v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2019-06-24· cited 440×
• Bondsteel v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2019-04-22· cited 358×
• People v. Krueger
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2012-05-10· cited 216×
• Davis v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2013-09-09· cited 198×
• In re C.L.S.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2011-03-03· cited 94×
• Zoll v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2018-09-10· cited 32×
• People v. Cordova
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2011-10-13· cited 27×
• People v. Price
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2010-06-24· cited 25×
• Al-Hamim v. Star Hearthstone, LLC
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2024-12-26· cited 22×
• People v. Flores
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-04-12· cited 21×
• People v. Wilson
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2011-06-23· cited 13×
• People v. Bryant
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-03-14· cited 12×

Cites

68 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Haines v. Kerner
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-22· cited 26,103×
• Boykin v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 12,640×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• Jones v. Barnes
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 7,925×
• United States v. Cronic
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-14· cited 6,497×
• Arizona v. Fulminante
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-20· cited 6,060×
• Lockhart v. Fretwell
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-25· cited 3,956×
• Holloway v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 2,478×
• Rock v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-22· cited 2,329×
• Wheat v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-30· cited 1,962×
• United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-26· cited 1,863×
• Ardolino v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2003-05-12· cited 1,512×
• Mickens v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 2002-03-27· cited 1,451×
• People v. Kelling
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2006-11-30· cited 1,233×
• Wood v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-04· cited 1,161×
• Brookhart v. Janis
  Supreme Court· 1966-04-18· cited 1,130×
• Nix v. Whiteside
  Supreme Court· 1986-02-26· cited 983×
• Florida v. Nixon
  Supreme Court· 2004-12-13· cited 963×

Other cases named People v. Bergerud

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• People v. Bergerud
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2008-09-18· cited 5×