Solesbee v. Balkcom’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
5
cited 5 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
May 1977
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nobles v. State of Georgia · Schlesinger v. City of Atlanta · Fowler v. Grimes · McKown v. City of Atlanta · Smith v. Henderson
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.
“No person who has been convicted of a capital offense shall be entitled to any inquisition or trial to determine his sanity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Solesbee v. Balkcom“be tried, adjudged to punishment, or punished for a public offense while he is insane”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Solesbee v. Balkcom“bestowed or withheld by the State at will”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Solesbee v. Balkcom
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.