State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'not just to a lawyer in name only, but to a lawyer who provides adequate assistance.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Or. App. 469 - State v. Olson · Bogle v. State

2. “"determining the legitimacy of any complaint about appointed counsel is case- and fact-specific, and it leaves * to the trial court the task of weighing whatever the defendant puts before that court in light of all the other known circumstances, such as the judge's personal observations of the performance of counsel."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Or. App. 469 - State v. Olson · 291 Or. App. 164 - Hieu Doan Truong v. Premo

3. “[A] trial court should exercise its discretion in ruling on a motion for appointment of new counsel, engaging in such inquiry as the nature of defendant's complaint requires.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bogle v. State