State v. Gatlin’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
August 2025
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Gouveia · Whitlow v. State · Fitzpatrick v. Crist · City of Billings v. Peterson
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether an initial appearance is sufficient to satisfy the requirements of § 46-7-101(1), MCA, which requires a person who is arrested to be taken without unnecessary delay before the nearest and most accessible judge, is a question of statutory construction, which we review for correctness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Norvell“was not prejudiced by the inadequacy of his initial appearance or by an unreasonable delay, we should decline to dismiss the charges with prejudice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Norvell“[n]eglecting to inform an incarcerated defendant of his right to counsel ... taints the fundamental fairness of all subsequent proceedings[,]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Norvell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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