State v. Pecht’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently October 2023
14 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 State v. Dunn · State v. Ramirez · State v. Bash · Parsons v. Barnes · State v. Helms
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A defendant cannot prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel where 'the challenged act ofr] omission might be considered sound trial strategy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“must specifically consider[] whether the interest of justice will best be served by admission of that statement. In making that determination the judge shall consider (1) the age and maturity of the child, (2) the nature and duration of the abuse, (3) the relationship of the child to the offender, and (4) the reliability of the assertion and of the child.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Plain error requires a showing that error exists; (i) the error should have been obvious to the trial court; and (Hi) the error is harmful, i.e., absent the error, there is a reasonable likelihood of a more favorable outcome for [Defendant]" To show obviousness of the error, [Defendant] must show that the law was clear at the time of trial.”
2 later decisions 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.