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← 384 SO2D 605 - Allen v. State

Allen v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1980

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
February 1999
most recently cited

9 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Faretta v. California · Illinois v. Allen · Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Seals v. St. Regis Paper Company · 41 Md. App. 149 - Tisdale 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “In our opinion the examination of this 9-year-old to determine her competency to testify was a crucial stage of the trial for the defendants.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “an accused has a right to be present at all stages of the trial where his absence might frustrate the fairness of the proceedings.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.