Jacobs v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[tlhe fact that a person is mentally ill, displays bizarre, volatile, and irrational behavior, or has a history of mental illness, does not mean that he or she is incompetent to stand trial. A defendant may be fit for trial even though his mind is otherwise unsound.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State · State v. Biebinger

2. “In determining whether a defendant is competent to plead guilty, the trial court must consider whether the defendant has sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State · 2011 UT App 341 - State v. POUNDSTONE

3. “it was a reasonable exercise of professional judgment for [defendant's] counsel to rely on the experts' unanimous conclusion that [defendant's bizarre] behavior did not make him incompetent to stand trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Archuleta v. Galetka