Trotter v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
64 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently November 2003 · most notably Bangs v. State (1999), Gillie v. State (1991)
64 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 Dixon v. State · Smith v. State · Smith v. State · Chambers v. State · Thomerson v. State
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n this situation we may, depending upon the facts, “reduce the punishment to the maximum for the lesser offense, reduce it to the minimum for the lesser offense, fix it ourselves at some intermediate point, remand the case to the trial court for the assessment of the penalty, or grant a new trial either absolutely or conditionally.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Number four on the rights form states: ‘Do you understand that if you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you by the court before any questioning if you so desire?’ Appellant maintains that the form of this statement does not meet the standards of Miranda because it does not provide that the appointed lawyer will represent him without cost. * * * * Had the sheriff not augmented the form with his own comments that counsel would be provided at no cost to the defendant, we would have to find the advice given appellant was inadequate. . .We caution, however, against the use of this and similar forms when informing a defendant of his rights. It must be made clear to a defendant that he has access to an attorney at absolutely no cost to him before he agrees to waive his right to counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State“A confession of a defendant, unless made in open court, will not warrant a conviction, unless accompanied with other proof that the offense was committed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bishop v. State
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.