Morris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Thus, notwithstanding the Appellant's failure to plead according to IC 1971, 35-5-2-1, we think that Appellant's `Motion' contained sufficient matter to come within IC 1971, 35-5-3.1-1, and to put the trial court on notice that it was presented with a situation involving a defendant's mental condition. Titling a document a `Motion' does not make it one. We should look to the substance rather than merely the form of a document. Especially considering the gravity of the charge against this defendant, the trial judge, after having seen the `Motion', should have discovered (1) whether the defendant intended this `Motion' as the written plea of not guilty by reason of insanity required by statute or whether the defendant now wished to plead not guilty by reason of insanity; and, (2) whether or not Defendant was competent to stand trial. Since it appears that at this late date the question of Appellant's competency to stand trial cannot be retrospectively determined, there must be a new trial. Pate v. Robinson, (1966) 383 U.S. 375 , 86 S.Ct. 836 , 15 L.Ed.2d 815 ; Dusky v. United States, (1960) 362 U.S. 402 , 80 S.Ct. 788 , 4 L.Ed.2d 824 ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schuman v. State

2. “reasonable ground for believing the defendant to be insane”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schuman v. State

3. “qualified and authorized doctors of mental diseases”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schuman v. State