Bolin 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. “[iJdeally, the trial judge should conduct a thorough and comprehensive formal inquiry of the defendant on the record to demonstrate that the defendant is aware of the nature of the charges, the range of allowable punishments and possible defenses, and is fully informed of the risks of proceeding pro se.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Raymond Anthony Derrera v. The State of Wyoming · Schaeffer v. State

2. “[i]n many instances the application of such a per se rule would require the appointment of counsel with virtually no experience in the trial of criminal matters, thus raising, with justification, the question of competency of counsel.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. St. Dennis · State v. Mark

3. “Generally, one witness may not testify as to another witness’ credibility. The purpose of this rule is to preserve the integrity of the jury process by protecting the jury’s right to act 'as the final determiner of the credibility of the witnesses. We have stated, however, that a trial court does not necessarily commit plain error when it allows testimony which illuminates some aspect of the casé even though the testimony incidentally bolsters the credibility of another witness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garriott v. State