Morrow v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably Treece v. State (1988), Nast v. Lockett (1988)
30 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 Dusky v. United States · Rodriguez v. Lash · United States v. Swanson · Jackson v. State · Wilson v. United States
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whenever prior to or during the trial, any person charged with the commission of any crime shall appear to the court, or be alleged to be incompetent to stand trial, by the defendant himself, the court shall determine upon testimony and evidence presented on the record whether [ (1) ] such person is unable to understand the nature of the object of the proceedings against him or [ (2) ] to assist in his defense." Morrow v. State, 293 Md. 247, 250 , 443 A.2d 108, 110 (1982) (quoting Maryland Code (1957, 1979 Repl.Vol., 1981 Cum. Supp.), Article 59, § 23).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Peabody“The thrust of defense counsel's argument seems to be that if the defendant has no recall of the events surrounding the crime then he has no rational or factual understanding so as to assist his counsel. We are not so persuaded. In our view the understanding required is the nature of the charge, the facts required to be proved to sustain the charge, and the consequences attending a conviction for having commit ted the charge. Amnesia does not inhibit dialogue and discussion between attorney and client as to tactical decisions concerning the trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Palmer““A defendant is presumed to be fit to stand trial or to plead, and be sentenced. A defendant is unfit if, because of his mental or physical condition, he is unable to understand the nature and purpose of the proceedings against him or to assist in his defense.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 104 — 10.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.