State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

1987

Citation profile

636

cited by 636 later decisions

states following

March 2026

most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 628 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 636 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably State v. Mills (1992), State v. Madrigal (2000)

2 federal appellate · 628 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 Strickland v. Washington · Chapman v. State of California · Payton v. New York · Griffin v. California · Doyle v. Ohio

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

“* * * [A] court must indulge a strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance; that is, the defendant must overcome the presumption that, under the circumstances, the challenged action `might be considered sound trial strategy.'”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. State v. Greenleaf, Unpublished Decision (8-18-2006) · State v. Moman, Unpublished Decision (3-18-2004)
“Such comments penalize a defendant for choosing to exercise a constitutional right. Prosecutors must therefore take care not to equate the defendant's silence to guilt.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. State v. Jaradat, 88290 (4-26-2007) · State v. Fitzgerald, Unpublished Decision (11-19-2004)
“Notice of plain error under Crim. R. 52(B) is to be taken with the utmost caution, under exceptional circumstances and only to prevent a manifest miscarriage of justice.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. State v. Wise, 2008-Ca-9 (12-31-2008) · State v. Godbolt, Unpublished Decision (1-26-2004)

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.