Sandlin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
November 1986
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dusky v. United States · Pate v. Robinson · Martin v. State · Taylor v. State · Stroebel 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'must be whether (defendant) has sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and whether he has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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