State v. Insua’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently July 2021 · most notably State v. Snell (2004), State v. Hardman (2012)
2 federal appellate · 30 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 Faretta v. California · Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann · State v. Van Kirk · State v. Matt · United States of America v. Pedro Hernandez
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`be made aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self representation[,] [so that the record will establish that he knows what he is doing and his choice is made with eyes open].'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Hartsoe · Halley v. State“[t]he test focuses, not on what a defendant was told, but on a determination that a defendant understands his decision and is proceeding voluntarily. This is a stricter and higher standard, thus satisfying any increased measure of protection provided under the Montana Constitution’s guarantees of the right to counsel and to a fair trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“and where one of the sexual assaults allegedly occurred. Insua , ¶ 9. Testimony at trial indicated that Insua kept candy, dolls, children's toys and a television in the pantry. ¶ 25 After his conviction, Insua argued his conviction should be reversed and that evidence of his marijuana use was”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Sage
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.