State v. Jefferson’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
121 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably Whitlow v. State (2008), State v. Ariegwe (2007)
121 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3565
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Boykin v. Alabama · Barker v. Wingo · United States v. Cronic · Duncan v. State of Louisiana
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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no plausible justification for counsel's conduct under these circumstances.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Maine · State v. Kougl“the right to a speedy trial is not intended to prevent all pretrial incarceration. It is designed to prevent oppressive pretrial incarceration. State v. Longhorn, 2002 MT 135, ¶ 36 , 310 Mont. 172, ¶ 36 , 49 P.3d 48, ¶ 36 . Our inquiry focuses on whether Jefferson was “unduly prejudiced by his pretrial incarceration.” Longhorn , ¶ 36 (quoting State v. Johnson, 2000 MT 180, ¶ 26 , 300 Mont. 367, ¶ 26 , 4 P.3d 654, ¶ 26 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. LaGree“[w]hen an ineffective assistance of counsel claim is based on facts of record, it is properly raised on direct appeal. Normally, the record on appeal must adequately document why counsel acted in a particular manner in order for this Court to determine whether counsel's action falls below the reasonable standard for professional conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. JC
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.