Last week, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in the case of Lafler
v. Cooper, which involved a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
during the plea-bargaining process. Two California Law Review articles
were cited.
Justice Kennedy's majority opinion cited Stephanos
Bibas's article "Regulating the Plea-Bargaining Market: From Caveat
Emptor to Consumer Protection, 99 Cal. L. Rev. 1117 (2011).
Justice Scalia's dissenting opinion cited Henry J. Friendly's article
"The Bill of Rights as a Code of Criminal Procedure," 53 Cal. L. Rev.
929 (1965).
The full majority and dissenting opinions can be accessed at the following link:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-209.pdf
CLR Cited Twice in Supreme Court case Lafler v. Cooper
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