State v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The appellant was released on a general appearance bond and was represented by counsel at a preliminary hearing. Both the appellant and his attorney knew" the case was coming up for trial. The appellant knew he had a duty to stay in touch with his attorney and with the court. We held in State v. Jacobs, 271 S.C. 126 , 245 S.E.2d 606 (1978) that a waiver of the right to counsel can be inferred from a defendant’s actions. In this case, the appellant failed to fulfill the conditions of his appearance bond and neglected to keep contact with his attorney, although he knew his trial was imminent. We think a waiver of the right to counsel is inferrable [sic] from these omissions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Thompson