Powell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
February 1995
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Willard v. State · Laird v. State · Pruitt v. State · Gordy v. State · State Ex Rel. Smith v. Starke Circuit Court
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the court has reasonable grounds for believing that the defendant lacks the ability to understand the proceedings and assist in the preparation of his defense....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Duffitt v. State“"was operating under color of authority and served as a judge de facto even if it could arguably be said that he was not acting as a judge de jure. ..."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hoy v. State“he was aware of all of the facts and circumstances regarding the charges against him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Budd 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.