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← 313 S.C. 420 - Sims v. State

Sims v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1993

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 2018
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Dusky v. United States · Godinez v. Moran · White v. State · State v. Bell · Davis 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “whether the defendant has the present ability to consult with his attorney with a reasonable degree of rational understanding”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “demeanor, emotional responses, cognitive skills, and ability to comprehend and communicate”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “have a rational as well as a factual understanding of the proceedings against him.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.