State v. Rotherham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

58 state decisions

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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, the private interest that will be affected by the official action; second, the risk of an erroneous depravation of such interest through the procedures used, and the probable value, if any, of additional or substitute procedural safeguards; and finally, the Government's interest, including the function involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that the additional or substitute procedural requirement would entail.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. City of Albuquerque v. Chavez · New Mexico Department of Health v. Compton

2. “"[A]n incompetent defendant cannot be committed for more than a 'reasonable period of time' than necessary to determine whether he will be rendered competent to stand trial in the foreseeable future. Jackson, 406 U.S. at 733 , 92 S.Ct. at 1855-56 . Our Legislature adopted a system of hearings, complete with time limitations, to ensure that a defendant's commitment is no longer than a 'reasonable period of time.' Thus, it would be contrary to the statute's objective, and indeed the constitution, to allow these time limitations to be ignored. The inevitable result would be commitment for a period longer than what the Legislature has deemed reasonable. Hence, the State has the responsibility to ensure that a defendant's commitment is no longer than 'reasonable' and that all statutory procedures are timely effectuated." Rotherham , 122 N.M. at 264 , 923 P.2d 1131 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In re Habeas Corpus by Snyder

3. “Significantly, the Supreme Court in Jackson did not articulate a hard and fast time limitation on commitment to attain competency, requiring only that commitment be for a 'reasonable period of time.' "). Alternatively, Jackson instructs that a state may continue to detain an incompetent defendant without offending due process if it affords the defendant the protections of a lawful "civil commitment proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In re Habeas Corpus by Snyder