People v. Weaver’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
37
cited by 37 later decisions
2
states following
August 2022
most recently cited
37 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Furman v. Georgia · Ring v. Arizona · Payne v. Tennessee · Zant v. Stephens
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“stated that he, the other defense attorney, defendant, and defendant's father had discussed the matter together the day before for about two hours, and that the attorney believed waiving a jury was in defendant's best interest”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The court was exceptionally careful in taking defendant's jury waiver. That waiver was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary in all respects.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“that defense counsel 'has fully explained' to defendant the terms 'jury trial' and 'court trial' and the 'difference between a”
3 later decisions 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.