State v. Irving’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
93 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently April 2020 · most notably In re L.A. (2001), Ciummei v. Commonwealth (1979)
93 state decisions
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 Boykin v. Alabama · Duncan v. State of Louisiana · Patton v. United States · Hoffa v. United States · People v. Jaworski
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he test for determining a waiver's validity is whether it was voluntarily made by a defendant who knew and understood what he or she was doing. Whether that test is satisfied depends upon the particular facts and circumstances in each case.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Williams · State v. Thomas“"In accord with this position we hold that in order for a criminal defendant to effectively waive his right to a trial by jury, the defendant must first be advised by the court of his right to a jury trial, and he must personally waive this right in writing or in open court for the record." 216 Kan. at 590 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`fundamental to the American scheme of justice.'”
4 later decisions 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.