O'Rourke v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
May 2005
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rees v. Peyton · Huntzinger v. United States · Gilmore v. Utah · Amadeo v. Russeau · Miller 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Mr. Rosenzweig contends that petitioner is insane and that any action on this motion should be deferred pending disposition of the Rule 37 appeal, but counsel is not entitled to make the decision on whether his client is competent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. O'Rourke v. Endell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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