State v. Ames’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
78 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently November 2018 · most notably State v. Holmes (2004), Gerill Corp. v. Jack L. Hargrove Builders, Inc. (1989)
78 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 Faretta v. California · Aguilar v. Texas · United States v. Ventresca · Cady v. Dombrowski · Stanford v. Texas
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the conduct of the defense of a criminal case the technical and professional decisions, which require trained professional skill and judgment, must rest with the lawyer. The decisions on what witnesses to call, whether and how to conduct cross-examination, what jurors to accept or strike, what trial motions should be made, and all other strategic and tactical decisions are the exclusive province of the lawyer after consultation with his client.” (Emphasis added) Winter v. State, 210 Kan. 597 , Syl. ¶ 2, 502 P.2d 733 (1972). See also, State v. Ames, 222 Kan. 88 , 563 P.2d 1034 (1977), and ABA Standards for Criminal Justice, Defense Function, §5.2.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Ward · State v. Nixon““An indigent accused has a right to either appointed counsel or pro se representation, but both rights cannot simultaneously be asserted. ... A defendant who accepts counsel has no right to conduct his own trial or dictate the procedural course of his representation by counsel. . . . “[Appellant’s] right to participate with counsel in the conduct of his defense was still within the sound discretion of the district court.” (pp. 100-101.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Ward · State v. Levier““(1) Unlawful possession of a firearm is: (b) Possession of a firearm with a barrel less than twelve (12) inches long by a person who, within five (5) years preceding such violation has been convicted of a felony under the laws of Kansas or any other jurisdiction or has been released from imprisonment for a felony.””
2 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.