United States v. Capistrano

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How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a defendant’s “refusal without good cause to proceed with able appointed counsel constitutes a voluntary waiver of the right to counsel”
• explaining plain error review applies where defendant did not object to instructions pre-Ruan

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Lamartiniere
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-05-06· cited 9×
• United States v. Bourrage
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-05-21· cited 7×
• United States v. Pierre
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-12-11· cited 5×
• United States v. Sterling
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-04-25· cited 4×
• United States v. Roland
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-03-07· cited 2×
• In re Adoption of A.M.Z.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2024-04-01· cited 1×
• United States v. Qureshi
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-11-20· cited 1×
• United States v. James
  Fifth Circuit· 2026-06-02

Cites

121 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×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Franks v. Delaware
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 8,679×
• Puckett v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2009-03-25· cited 5,608×
• Neder v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-10· cited 5,157×
• United States v. Dominguez Benitez
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-14· cited 2,402×
• Victor v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 1,656×
• United States v. Atkinson
  Supreme Court· 1936-02-03· cited 1,580×
• Johnson v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-22· cited 1,080×
• United States v. Gilbert Isgar
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-01-13· cited 1,001×
• Henderson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-02-20· cited 809×
• Brumfield v. Hollins
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-12-02· cited 745×
• Irizarry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-12· cited 653×
• United States v. Delgado
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-02-22· cited 408×
• United States v. Broussard
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-02-01· cited 384×
• United States v. Fields
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-04-02· cited 339×
• United States v. Jose Escalante-Reyes
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-07-25· cited 296×
• Willie James Brown v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-01-11· cited 267×
• United States v. Shukri Baker
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-12-07· cited 263×