Willoughby v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently August 1980 · most notably Fredericks v. Reincke (1965), Lindsey v. State (1965)
5 federal appellate · 37 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 Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · State Ex Rel. White v. Hilgemann, Judge · State Ex Rel. Casey v. Murray · Landreth v. State · Bange v. State
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We are keenly aware that equal protection must be given to all citizens by our courts in so far as this is possible. However, it is not contemplated that every convicted criminal without means be furnished at public expense with a transcript of his trial, as a personal memento to him . of his latest escapage against society, nor is it contemplated that such a record be provided for the entertainment of the convicted criminal and his fellow inmates merely because the statute [§4-3511, supra] provides that he is entitled to such a record. The legislature, by this enactment, did not contemplate that the state should be required to expend public funds for appeals which are obviously frivolous and therefore futile. Neither is it reasonable to contend that this court should be required to give its time and consideration to the formality of such spurious appeals, which, under a different ruling, could be required in every pauper case. The expense of such a record can be justified only on the ground that it be made available for the purpose of an appeal from a conviction, in which there is some probable cause for reversal.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Weaver v. State““The Public Defender may order on behalf of any prisoner he represents a transcript of any court proceedings, ... at the expense of the state, . . .” (Our emphasis.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ * * the State will neither bolt the door to equal justice nor support a wasteful abuse of the appellate process.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re James
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.