Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently August 2012 · most notably Smith v. State (1984), Averhart v. State (1984)
38 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
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Gault · Bruce v. State · Lewis v. State · Zickefoose 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“actual consultation of a meaningful nature or ... the express opportunity for such consultation, which is then forsaken in the presence of the proper authority by the juvenile, so long as the juvenile knowingly and voluntarily waives his constitutional rights.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Cherrone v. State · JDP v. State“"(a) Any rights guaranteed to the child under the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of Indiana, or any other law may be waived only: (1) By counsel retained or appointed to represent the child, if the child knowingly and voluntarily joins with the waiver; or (2) By the child's custodial parent, guardian, custodian, or guardian ad li-tem if: (A) That person knowingly and voluntarily waives the right; (B) That person has no interest adverse to the child; (C) Meaningful consultation has occurred between that person and the child; and (D) The child knowingly and voluntarily joins with the waiver."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Taylor v. State · Foster v. State“In determining whether any waiver of rights during custodial interrogation was made knowingly and voluntarily, the juvenile court shall consider all the cireum-stances of the waiver, including: (1) The child's physical, mental, and emotional maturity; (2) Whether the child or his parent, guardian, custodian, or attorney understood the consequences of his statements; (3) Whether the child and his parent, guardian, or custodian had been informed of the delinquent act with which the child was charged or of which he was suspected; (4) The length of time he was held in custody before consulting with his parent, guardian, or custodian; (5) Whether there was any coercion, force, or inducement; and (6) Whether the child and his parent, guardian, or custodian had been advised of the child's right to remain silent and to the appointment of counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Whipple v. State
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.