Mothershead v. King’s Empirical Analysis
112 F.2d 1004 · 1940
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 1962
13 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Sanders v. Allen · McKee v. Johnston · Murdock v. Pollock
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““I. When the petitioner was arrested on a charge of breaking and entering, a place of business in the City of Washington, he was able to understand conversation if carried on in a tone of voice somewhat louder than the ordinary tone of voice. He freely discussed the case with the police officers who arrested him.” “II. In the police court of the City of Washington, the judge of which also acted as examining magistrate, the petitioner was advised as to the nature of the charge against him, was asked whether he desired an attorney and said he did not desire an attorney but that he intended to enter a plea of guilty. “III. On arraignment in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presiding, the defendant was again asked, on this occasion by the Chief Justice, whether he desired an attorney. In response to that question he said that he did not desire an attorney, that he intended to enter a plea of guilty. He did enter a plea of guilty. He was then sentenced.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mothershead v. King
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.