Betts v. Brady’s Empirical Analysis
316 U.S. 455 · 1942
Citation profile
630 federal appellate · 125 district · 780 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 2,138 later decisions (219 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2024 · most notably Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera (1966), Chapman v. State of California (1967)
630 federal appellate · 125 district · 780 state decisions — followed in 47 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. A case is still cited after being overruled — to note the reversal, distinguish it, or in dissent. 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 Johnson v. Zerbst · Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Palko v. State of Connecticut · Lisenba v. People of State of California
Cited together with Gideon v. Wainwright · Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Johnson v. Zerbst · Bute v. People of State of Illinois · Uveges v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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 2,138 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[t]hat which may, in one setting, constitute a denial of fundamental fairness, shocking to the universal sense of justice, may, in other circumstances, and in the light of other considerations, fall short of such denial.'”
37 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right . . . to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hendon v. State · Ex Parte Jordan“[e]very court has power, if it deems proper, to appoint counsel where that course seems to be required in the interest of fairness.”
10 later decisions 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.