State v. Volker’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
3
states following
March 1998
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Ake v. Oklahoma · Ross v. Moffitt · Application of Jobe
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The basis for the state’s assistance to an indigent defendant is rooted in the belief that: “A criminal trial is fundamentally unfair if the state proceeds against an indigent defendant without making certain that he has access to the raw materials integral to the building of an effective defense. . . . [Fundamental fairness entitles indigent defendants to ‘an adequate opportunity to present their claims fairly within the adversary system.’ ””
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.