State v. Burns’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
54
cited by 54 later decisions
9
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
54 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Ake v. Oklahoma · Evitts v. Lucey
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Olur primary goal in interpreting statutes is to give effect to the legislative intent, as evidenced by the plain language, in light of the purpose the statute was meant to achieve.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Clark v. Clark · State v. Hardy“mandate the packaging of indigent assistance”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Moore v. State · State v. Parduhn“prosecute other remedies before or after a conviction, considered by defense counsel to be in the interest of justice except for other and subsequent discretionary appeals or discretionary writ proceedings.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Moore v. State · State v. Parduhn
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.