State v. Handy’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Crane v. Kentucky · Spencer v. State of Texas a Bell · United States v. Wilson · Indiana v. Edwards
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'a thorough and searching inquiry' into '[the defendant's] understanding of the nature of the right being waived and the implications that flow from that choice'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“one who meets the test for insanity, that is, one who lacks the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, is thereby excused from criminal culpability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“apply a procedure akin to that which we utilize in evaluating a competent defendant's effort to waive other significant rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.