Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
August 1983
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · Furman v. Georgia · Crosswhite v. State · Colson v. Smith · Shoemake 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The myriad peculiarities inherent in sundry adversary proceedings between the state and accuseds in criminal cases, especially when viewed with an awareness that the desires and capacities of various accuseds are different and that all are distinct and different personalities in their own right, preclude laying down an absolute objective rule for determining the effectiveness of counsel in a given case. . . .” Williams v. State, 508 S.W.2d 211, 213 (Mo.App.1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Baker v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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