Cradle v. Peyton’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently January 2011 · most notably Kemplen v. Maryland (1970), Angel v. Com. (2011)
12 federal appellate · 41 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Gideon v. Wainwright · United States v. Wade · Stovall v. Denno · Escobedo v. Illinois
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * Just as in Kent v. United States, supra, 383 U.S. at 561-562 , 86 S.Ct., at 1057-1058 , we indicated our agreement with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the assistance of counsel is essential for purposes of waiver proceedings, so we hold now that it is equally essential for the determination of delinquency, carrying with it the awesome prospect of incarceration in a state institution until the juvenile reaches the age of 21."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Steinhauer v. State“* * * may in the interest of justice make the rule prospective. * * * where the exigencies of the situation require such an application * * * the criteria guiding resolution of the question implicates (a) the purpose to be served by the new standards, (b) the extent of the reliance by law enforcement authorities on the old standards, and (c) the effect on the administration of justice of a retroactive application of the new standards.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"* * * in respect of proceedings to determine delinquency which may result in commitment to an institution in which the juvenile's freedom is curtailed, the child and his parents must be notified of the child's right to be represented by counsel retained by them, or if they are unable to afford counsel, that counsel will be appointed to represent the child." In re Gault, 387 U.S. at 41 , 87 S.Ct. at 1451 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.