Noble v. Sigler’s Empirical Analysis
351 F.2d 673 · 1965
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 8 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently April 2021 · most notably Robert v. Bruce v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections (1973), United States of America Ex Rel. Michael O'COnnOr v. The State of New Jersey and Howard Yeager (1968)
25 federal appellate · 8 district · 7 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Douglas v. People of State of California · Dusky v. United States · Leland v. Oregon · United States Smith v. Baldi · Massey v. Moore
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The failure of the state court to reach the issue of competency, however, does not preclude the defendant from seeking collateral relief in the Federal courts. The District Court, when presented with the issue of petitioner’s sanity at the time of the state court proceedings should proceed as with any other alleged Constitutional violation. * * * ” (351 F.2d p. 676) (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“has sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding-and whether he has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him.”
1 later decision 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.