State v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 109 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 118 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably State v. Kirkley (1983), State v. Caddell (1975)
3 federal appellate · 109 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 Fisher v. United States · 60 Cal. 2d 482 - People v. Henderson · United States v. Brawner · State v. Benton · Workman v. Boone
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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““1. ‘Was the defendant (at the time of the alleged offense), by reason of a defect of reason or disease of mind, incapable of knowing the nature and quality of the act which he is charged with having committed, or if he did know this, was he, by reason of such defect or disease, incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong in relation to such act?’ ” 2. First degree murder. 3. Second degree murder. 4. Not guilty.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““The examinations, observation and testing performed in this hospital have revealed no evidence of insanity nor any serious mental disorder which might interfere with the defendant’s competency to stand trial to the charge of murder. Mr. Baldwin has demonstrated to this staff the capacity to distinguish between right and wrong and to understand the possible consequences of the alleged crime for which he is under indictment. He -has the capacity to comprehend his position and to understand the nature and object of the proceedings against him. He has the capacity to conduct his defense in a. rational manner, and to cooperate with his counsel to the end that any available defense may be interposed. It is the opinion of this staff that Mr. Baldwin should be returned to the court inasmuch as he is competent to plead to the charge against him.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Baldwin“"Since soundness of mind is the natural and normal condition of men, everyone is presumed to be sane until the contrary is made to appear. This presumption of sanity applies to persons charged with crime, but it is rebuttable. (Citations omitted.) These considerations give rise to the firmly established rule that the burden of proof upon a plea of insanity in a criminal case rests upon the accused who sets it up. But he is not obliged to establish such plea beyond a reasonable doubt. He is merely required to prove his insanity to the satisfaction of the jury."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Caddell
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.