State v. George’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1999
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Barker v. Wingo · Klopfer v. State of North Carolina · Henry v. State of Mississippi · Brookhart v. Janis
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[b]eing of statutory origin, a defendant's rights ... are `merely supplementary to and a construction of the Constitution....' They do not carry the force or weight of constitutionally mandated imperatives.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Finch“[c]ounsel's power in this regard is not unlimited.... Nor may counsel effectively waive his client's rights where the record reveals that the latter was the victim of inadequate representation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Finch
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.