Houston v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
November 2015
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 10 state decisions
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Trial counsel, whether retained or court appointed, shall continue to represent a convicted defendant throughout any appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court, unless permitted by the trial court or the Arkansas Supreme Court to withdraw in the interest of justice or for other sufficient cause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bogan v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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