Greene v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. Greene has the capacity to understand the choice between life and death. 2. Greene has the capacity to knowingly and intelligendy waive any and all rights to appeal his sentence of death. 3. Greene has the capacity to knowingly and intelligendy waive his rights to postconviction relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37 and the capacity to knowingly and intelligently waive his right to have counsel appointed to represent him for purposes of appeal, as well as, postconviction relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.5. 4. Greene did, in open court, freely and voluntarily waive his rights to appeal his sentence of death and clearly demonstrated the capacity to understand the choice between life and death and unequivocally expressed his desire to waive all appeals in order that the death sentence be carried out. 5. Greene is clearly competent to waive his right to postconviction remedies under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37, including his right to an attorney under Rule 37.5 and understands the legal consequences of such waiver. 6. Greene did, in open court, freely and voluntarily, make a knowing and intelligent waiver of those rights, including his right to an attorney under Rule 37.5 and clearly understood the legal consequences of his waiver.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Greene