17 Wash. App. 270 - State v. Eldridge’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently April 2013
22 state decisions
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
Relies on Benton v. Maryland · Green v. United States · United States v. Jorn · Wade v. Hunter · Illinois v. Somerville
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“valued right to have his trial completed by a particular tribunal”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Juarez · State v. Robinson“The constitutional prohibition against "double jeopardy" was designed to protect an individual from being subjected to the hazards of trial and possible conviction more than once for an alleged offense.... ... The underlying idea, one that is deeply ingrained in at least the Anglo-American system of jurisprudence, is that the State with all its resources and power should not be allowed to make repeated attempts to convict an individual for an alleged offense, thereby subjecting him to embarrassment, expense and ordeal and compelling him to live in a continuing state of anxiety and insecurity, as well as enhancing the possibility that even though innocent he may be found guilty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The trial judge considered these reports and conducted a hearing into Eldridge's ability to understand his peril and to rationally assist his counsel in his defense. He observed Eldridge's appearance and demeanor. Finally he exercised his discretion and concluded that no sufficient basis existed upon which to grant Eldridge's motion. For obvious reasons, the determination of competency to stand trial is a decision in which the trial judge must be afforded discretion. A trial judge's determination should not be disturbed by an appellate court absent an abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.