Holmes v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
October 2008
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Faretta v. California · Herring v. New York · Dorsey v. State · Yopps v. State · Spence 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Some cases may appear to the trial judge to be simple-open and shut-at the close of the evidence. And surely in many such cases a closing argument will, in the words of Mr. Justice Jackson, be “likely to leave [a] judge just where it found him.” But just as surely, there will be cases where closing argument may correct a premature misjudgment and avoid an otherwise erroneous verdict. And there is no certain way for a trial judge to identify accurately which cases these will be, until the judge has heard the closing summation of counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“`It is well settled that a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel guarantees, in part, an opportunity of counsel to present closing argument at the close of the evidence.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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