Carter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 state decisions

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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[all-though an accused has the constitutional right to represent himself or be represented by counsel, neither the federal nor the state constitution accords him the right to do both at once. McKas kle v. Wiggins, 465 U.S. 168 , 104 S.Ct. 944 , 79 L.Ed.2d 122 (1984); Bradberry v. State (1977), 266 Ind. 530 , 364 N.E.2d 1183 .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sherwood v. State · Henson v. State

2. “even heavier burden when [seeking] the extreme sanction of dismissal”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Collins v. State · Terry v. State

3. “much of the delay was attributable to the vast amounts of discovery sought by Carter. The record shows that the prosecutor con scientiously attempted to respond on a timely basis, but much of the information was in the custody of other police and state agencies outside the county in which the case was tried. While these other agencies responded slowly, much of the problem was caused by the fact that Carter had filed civil suits against them and their attorneys had to oversee the provision of any information to Carter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Schmitt