State v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 86 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 89 later decisions — most recently December 2018 · most notably State v. Sparrow (1970), State v. Spencer (1970)
3 federal appellate · 86 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Gideon v. Wainwright · Duncan v. State of Louisiana · Carnley v. Cochran · Bloom v. Illinois
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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) An indigent person is entitled to services of counsel in the following actions and proceedings: (1) Any felony case, and any misdemeanor case for which the authorized punishment exceeds six months imprisonment or a five hundred dollar ($500.00) fine. . . .” 1969 Session Laws, Chapter 1013, Section 1.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Although the United States Supreme Court has not stated precisely where the line falls between crimes and punishments that are ‘petty’ and those that are ‘serious,’ Cheff makes it clear that a six months’ sentence is short enough to be petty while Duncan and Bloom make it equally clear that a crime punishable by two years in prison is a serious offense. In the federal system petty offenses are defined by statute as those punishable by not more than six months in prison and a $500 fine. 18 U.S.C. § 1 . Hence, any federal crime the authorized punishment for which exceeds six months in prison and a $500 fine is a serious offense which entitles the offender to trial by jury under Article III, Sec. 2, of the Federal Constitution and under the Sixth Amendment ... A serious offense is one for which the authorized punishment exceeds six months’ imprisonment and a $500 fine. The cases of State v. Hayes, supra ( 261 N.C. 648 , 135 S.E. 2d 653 (1964)), and State v. Sherron, supra ( 268 N.C. 694 , 151 S.E. 2d 599 (1966)), are no longer authoritative.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Thus, by statute in North Carolina, the judge of the superior court, with respect to every defendant charged with a felony and not represented by counsel, is required to (1) advise the defendant that he is entitled to counsel, (2) ascertain if defendant is indigent and unable to employ counsel, and (3) appoint counsel for each defendant found to be indigent unless the right to counsel is intelligently and understanding^ waived.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. McGraw
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.